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IIRC, a group at MIT fed all the info and dimentions of the Bumble Bee into a computer, and the read-out came back with the conlcusion that the wings weren't capable of keeping the bees in flight. If this is true, the one that chased me down and stung my beind the ear obviously hadn't read the report.
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You were stung by a Bumble Bee?
They are very friendly, as bees go. I never have a problem with them.
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Well...yes and no.
Many years ago, while on a training op at Camp Pendleton, I was part of a small unit setting a 'bush up. At the time, it was about 1730 and we were laying low...doing nothing more than staying hidden and silent. The plan was to whack the bad guys right at chow (Which we did VERY successfully...but that's another story!)
Anyway...as I'm laying there on my belly...being real silent I look down and there's this real big black bumble bee-looking critter who has landed on my arm and is mightly trying to sting me through my BDUs. I was freaking terrified! Not too much of the bug...but that if he got me I'd make some noise.
I had my rifle in my left hand, and the position I was in would have required me to move too much to get the bug off...so I whispered to my parter next to me on my right...he looked and I said, "Get it OFF!" He made one swift, silent swipe of his hand and bug gone!
I'll give it to that bee...he was a persistant dude. He just kept on trying to shove the big stinger into me.
(Edited because I can't remove my head from my rectal orifice far enough to figure this out!)