First bee sting?

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Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 14 8:03 am Post subject: First bee sting?
Can you remember when it happened? I am curious because I have never been stung. I don't suppose that will last.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 14 8:19 am Post subject:
I was a five year virgin and then got stung twice in 10 mins, standing yapping afterwards with my hood down. Once on neck, once on hand. Ouch, but not as bad as a wasp.

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Posts: 6024
Location: Somerset.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 14 9:46 am Post subject:
I had my second sting on Saturday.Not nice at all, on my throat. Applied sting spray and took an anti histamine. All I can think is I hadn`t pulled the cover over where the hood zips meet. A hard lesson learnt. The same day Barrie got stung twice on his hands. The bees seemed rather cross for some reason.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16002

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 14 6:24 am Post subject:
I don't think I have been stung by a bee. Have been stung a couple of times by wasps, and once by a bumble bee, but not a honey bee in spite of having to take the honey off a really vicious colony two years running, and having to rescue husbands hive tool once.

chickenlady

Joined: 18 Aug 2013
Posts: 413
Location: Dorset

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 14 2:56 pm Post subject:
About a fortnight ago...

arvo

Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Posts: 3321
Location: Somerset

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 14 3:40 pm Post subject:
Ow. Been stung on the neck myself. Was ouchy but not as bad as I expected tbh. Bee venom affects everyone differently though I think, doesn't it?

Barefoot Andrew
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
Posts: 22780
Location: In the 17th century

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 14 3:47 pm Post subject:
A few years when staying with Mrs. Fiddlesticks. I was being shown their hives, and then sharply uttered a swear word A.

chickenlady

Joined: 18 Aug 2013
Posts: 413
Location: Dorset

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 14 3:47 pm Post subject:
It sure does

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 14 10:16 am Post subject:
Lept on my bed when I was about five, & landed bum first on a bumble bee!! Most stings at one time ten on the head when the kids had been playing with my veil & left zips undone, didn't realise till I had a lot of bees buzzing around inside with me.

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