Posted: 8/5/2007 4:59:34 PM EDT
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I was out mowing the yard when I ran over a piece of gutter and wrapped it around the blade of my brush cutter. As I'm pulling it out, I feel a sharp stinging pain in my left arm. I find a bee stinging me!! I swat it off and start to tend to it. Within a few seconds, another one gets me on the other side of the same arm. I decided to GTFO of there and went to the house to have my wife look be over for any more that I missed. Of course there is another one going for my armpit, but I swatted it off before it got me. Now, about an hour later, my left arm is still stinging and tingling around the sting areas. Any ideas what will help stop the stinging? Damn I hate bees!!!! 
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I ran over a Yellow Jacket nest with my lawnmower and ran screaming like a girl while getting hit by a dozen or so of the little fuckers. While teasing me about being a sissy, the wife put some Sting-Eze on me and said it would make me feel better. It didn't. I hurt like hell for days... |
I have news for you. The bee population is down 25% nation wide and bee keepers don't know why yet(I have a few theories but that's not important right now) If there are not enough bees we can't grow enough food. Not enough food at market = SHTF. |
I wish I win the lottery..... I wish I win the lottery...... 
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it's been determined that this problem is being caused by a bacteria/parasite found in japanese bees that has actually harmed our populations, but it isn't as bad as they make it sound..as a matter of fact, i have two active hives in my yard.. your stings sound more like yellow jacket behavior then bee's, unless of course the bees were in the gutter... 
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I got stung on the top of my left ear by a yellow jacket on my uncles farm when I was about 8. Dad found a half burnt cigarette in the ditch by the road, unwrapped it and put the tobacco on the sting. He had me hold it there for about 15 minutes and it seemed to help take the sting out. YMMV |
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I got stung by 5 bees Friday! I was cutting up some stove-lenghts in my back-yard. I would lay the long branch across these rail-road ties and start cutting. Man! Before I new it I was surrounded by pissed-off bees! I dropped the saw and ran around the house,jumped the fence and came in from the garage!. I was SOOO pissed! I saw them flying around but couldn't pinpoint where they were. Drank a cold one and waited,by this time more neighbor comes over to ask what the deal was. I told her I got attacked by bees! I go back to the ties and start to beligerantly kick the ties(my neighbor is VERY cute so I wanted to seem macho!),before I know it a swarm comes out of this little hole.I start to run,my neighbor starts to scream that they are right behind me! I run in the house from the back door! My neighbor was astonished! She said it was like a cartoon the way the bees came after me! "It was like a cloud that was JUST right behind you!" I still haven't come up with a plan off attack!
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That works for me very well and I have alergic reactions to them. Bees do sting, wasps hurt! |
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Bees are usually pretty docile. Yellow jackets suck, as do all variety of hornet and wasp. At work the other day, I see in the parking lot hundreds of Cicada Killers falling all over themselves. Clumsy things, about 1.5" long, falling all over some poor schmuck's car. Fuuuuck dealing with THAT! |
Sounds like yellow jackets...I hate them li'l bastards. Hint: They are totally inactive at night. 1. Go out to railroad tie with kerosene ( do NOT use a flashlight, they'll swarm the light) soak nest. 2. Wait until daylight, look at flying bastards shrugging off the petrochemical dampness, 3. Use rag on long stick and light off the kero. 4. Enjoy the ensuing "Kill It With Fire" revenge. Listen to the little insectile screams as they crash to the ground, wings aflame. 5. Tag cute neighbor.  |