Are Bee stings hurting more this year ?

[Bosveldleeu]

I feel the sting less and less.

 

[Heather]

No more than usual - Remedy- vodka and orange with ice cube - the cube on the sting site.. I feel no pain

 

[Stiffy]

Not been stung (yet) this year but found they hurt less last year
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[Swarm]

Same as usual, depending on the site. A sting on the forearm a few weeks back and my one arm looked like Popeye's for about a week.

 

[johncorne]

I've had less this year than normal - probably because everything is so late... but if anything, less reaction than previous years. They usually start "bad" and get "less bad" as the year progresses

Jc

 

[sipa]

Felt like crap yesterday after the sting, but all seem well again this morning.
Never experienced itchy hands before, sting site is a bit sore but ok.
So, panic over.

 

[Suzi Q]

Felt like crap yesterday after the sting, but all seem well again this morning.
Never experienced itchy hands before, sting site is a bit sore but ok.
So, panic over.

One time, from a sting on the forehead, I had itchy feet, lol.

 

[Heather]

Suzi Q- be careful - for another part of the body to react to a sting isn't good. Shows there is a reaction going on. Keep phone with you every hive opening.
May just have been coincidence but I would be 'thoughtful', not flippant.

 

[Beauhawk]

Had my first sting ever last week, on the tip of my finger. One of Beauhawk's feral swarm brutes I have to say, not one of my own sweet and gentle creatures. Hurt quite a lot but after a dab of hydrocortisone cream it was like I'd never been stung. Incidentally, if you look closely at Beauhawk's bees they appear to be wearing wife-beater vests, and have tiny tattoos. Probably Northerners down here for the fine weather ;-)

I think they were reacting to your aftershave and your brave new gloveless façade...

for helping out Terry.

 

[crazy_bull]

I find stings always vary, I can get stung on the arm and think that was a bit pathetic just a sharp jab and that's about it (stinger firmly in not just a squirt) and then 10sec later another may get me and it feels like a red hot poker being pushed into your arm. I guess it might have something to do with age of bee? and exact location where it gets you, blood vessel, muscle or fat!?!?

I used to react like Elephant man when I first started, but now generally stinging nettles bother me for longer than bee stings. Although I must say I got stung between the toes last night, and that hurt like fury. (took my boots and suit off and a sleepy bee must have dropped into my boot without me noticing, she let me know when I put my foot back in the boot.

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