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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I got stung (or bit?) by a bee the other day. First time in about a decade.

I was just walking along listening to my audiobook and playing PoGo, and felt a really painful stab in my shoulder all of a sudden. And then a little pain again, but less, more like a radiating sting.

I started screaming like a little kid and ripped my hoodie off and flung it in the street, as I batted my hands all over my upper body. I saw the little fucker, or a part of it anyway. Bright yellow and tiny, but squirming in my hoodie. Took a good 2-3 minutes of hyperventilating before I could pick up my hoodie again. I just kept shaking it, and scouring the air and land around me for anything flying for the next 20 minutes before I could wear it again.

I was so swollen that the stinger wouldn't come out for 2 days. At least I now know that I didn't inherit my parents' severe/deadly allergies now that I'm older, but damn, man. The swelling and shooting pain and itchiness drove me nuts, and I still can see the mark and residual redness, even 5 days later. I'm also still extremely paranoid of any flying creature that gets near me now.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ouch. Sorry to hear that. It must've had a death wish then.

Usually honeybees don't do that out of the blue as the price is too high. Wasps are more the type because they don't lose their stingers. So they can be assholes again and again without reprecussions. They're like the cowardly psychos of the Hymenoptera. I mean, bumblebees and the like have smooth stingers too, but they are not aggressive shitheads.

I feel pretty glad that I never got stung before. Hope it never happens.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was really weird and random!

Like you said, honeybees and bumblebees aren't typically aggressive (unless they're aggravated and on the defense), and this came out of nowhere. I was just walking down the street and all of a sudden it happened.

I know it wasn't a yellow jacket, I'm very familiar with them. I don't think it was a wasp or hornet - I don't exactly research their different types, I only know what I've seen and they're usually slim and smooth, and this wasn't it.

Whatever that bright yellow fuzzy fucker was, I didn't recognize it, or what was left of it.

Honestly, it reminded me of Joltik. But maybe that's because I had Pokemon on the brain at the time.

I feel pretty glad that I never got stung before. Hope it never happens.

It's actually not the worst thing ever, as long as you don't have a bad reaction. I was fine as a kid when I was stung and/or bit. It was surprising and hurt, of course, but it was like a quick stabby poke and then it was over. Apparently my adult grown-up body is not so accommodating.