51 years of age and today, for the very first time.............

[EltonFrog]

I put on a pair of gardening gloves a couple of years ago and got stung by two dead wasps, one in each glove. My hands doubled in size. They looked liked they were in a pair of marigolds gloves that had been inflated. And it feckin hurt too.

Amd I've been stung in head twice, once whilst painting the house, and once in my cycle helmet whilst riding.

I now will kill every and any wasps I see as a matter of principle.

I sat on bee once when I was a kid, that was bit hurty too. I sympathise with the OP. Oh and happy birthday.

 

[smokeysmoo]

A young woman had been taking golf lessons all week long. She'd just begun her first game of golf when she suffered a bee sting.

Her pain was so intense, she couldn't continue her game so she decided to go back to the clubhouse and get some medical attention.

Her golf Pro saw her enter the clubhouse and asked,

"Why are you back so soon?" What's wrong?"

"I was stung by a bee," she answered.

"Where?," he asked.

"Between the first and second holes," she replied.

He nodded his head knowingly and said, "Then your stance is too wide."

GWS MarkF

 

[hopless500]

Who needs vinegar and the like ? - just pee on it!!

 

[Arch]

Who needs vinegar and the like ? - just pee on it!!

Pee is fine if you need alkali, for a bee sting. But a wasp sting is alkali, so it's neutralised by acid. Vinegar is an acid. Add alkali to wasp sting and it'll just be worse - or certainly no better...

 

[hopless500]

Pee is fine if you need alkali, for a bee sting. But a wasp sting is alkali, so it's neutralised by acid. Vinegar is an acid. Add alkali to wasp sting and it'll just be worse - or certainly no better...

I know - but they were talking about bees!

 

[MarkF]

If that was the bee that stung you, it's mastered immortality. Sure it was a bee and not a wasp?

Was def a bee, it was fat and round, furry and nice.

 

[Arch]

Was def a bee, it was fat and round, furry and nice.

Ah, ok, a quick google tells me bumblebees don't have barbed stings, so they can sting repeatedly.

So you should wee on it.

 

[sheddy]

Wee on a Bee - must be another games console ?

 

[buggi]

If that was the bee that stung you, it's mastered immortality.

Sure it was a bee and not a wasp?

With regard to vinegar, on tour or in the days when I went out on dayrides alone and was well prepared, I carried a little pub sachet of vinegar in my first aid kit. I think it works on nettle stings too.

It's only honey bees that have a barbed sting, bumble bees have a straight sting and survive to live another day. .
it's much rarer to get stung by a bee. the whole point of the bees sting is to protect the nest. they don't attack people randomly, if you get stung by one it's because you've squished it. They only swarm to "move house" not to attack. if you see a swarm, you should call your local authority or the police. they will get in touch with the local beekeepers association who will come and collect it and give the bees a hive. Bees do not survive the winter without a hive. if they have swarmed it's because there are too many bees in the hive, they create a new queen and the old queen takes half of the bees and swarms to find a new home.
Wasps on the other hand really are generally as aggressive as people paint them. they are predators and that's why they have a stinger (not for protection). we see them most in september when their natural food source is running out... so they come for our beer and icecream and God help you if you are between it and it's prize.
They are also very bad for bees. they will invade the nest for the honey and kill the bees. beekeepers shut the entrance down to the hive to just the size of a pencil hole during the late summer to help prevent this, so the bees have a smaller area to guard.
There are no wild colonies of bees anymore, and they are dying out because of a virus and pesticides. so it's important to look after them. if you have space for a hive, let the beekeepers association know, they will put one in your garden (and its ok to have kids around, they are non aggressive). one day i'm gonna have a hive.

 

[buggi]

i got stung by a bumble bee i accidently squished a bit, i didn't find it hurt that much, i think that i'm ok with being stung. i've still got the hole in my thumb LOL. i love bumble bees.

 

[Accy cyclist]

My new pup keeps sniffing at bees as they move around the clover. I've pulled him away when i can, but i fear that he'll learn the hard way. I wonder if it was wasps would they been so patient.?

 

[Arch]

Yes, a mate of mine has bees, and is on the list to be called out to swarms. He's got a couple of hivefulls that way, but also been called to swarms of bumblebees - they swarm in much smaller numbers I think, we've seen a couple this summer as we work. No good to him though.

I've learned to be cool with bees, but still hate wasps. Even though they have their place in ecology, and eat various pests. I've been stung twice, once as a kid and then again last year, and it bloody hurt. I think last year, it hit a nerve or something, as the pain went all up my arm.

Working with rubbish, not quite empty beer cans etc, I've had to overcome my urge to drop everything and run away when I see one, but I'd still rather not be around them.

 

[Doseone]

I love bees and will be very angry with anybody who hurts them!!

Wasps on the other hand can go and do one. I've got a nest just up inside my eaves now that I can't get at. They are nasty aggressive so and so's.

Been stung plenty of times. Got done by a bee out on a ride a couple of years ago - it flew in to me and hit me on the small area of my forehead between my helmet and my glasses, then dropped down behind my glasses and stung me on the eye - fortunately not on the eyeball but right on the bottom rim of my eyelid.

 

[hopless500]

Love bees too. One day we will get some bee hives. It's gonna happen

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

After going without for a long time I have in recent years gathered a collection of stings from bees and wasps. In my considered opinion, a bee sting is the worse of the two.

No more please stinging insects, I've had my fill!