bee stings!!

[phantom]

Been stung by honey bees plenty of times and once disturbed a wasps nest when tramping at Waikaremoana and had more than 50 stings ( we counted ) but none hurt as much as stepping on a bumble bee in bare feet the other day. As I understand it only the honey bees sting is barbed, wasps will happily keep stinging you till one of you gets bored and bumble bees are non aggressive so will sting once then piss off

[MSTRS:Me]

I made the mistake of trying to cut off one of those little asian paper wasp nests on my water tank.I though that the little buggers were placid,but one climbed onto my hand from below and stung me on the wrist.
I though a bloody red hot poker had been stuck through it.Nothing like a bee sting.

Asian paper wasps, placid?? NO WAY. They would be as aggressive as any of the stinging insects we have here. I've had several stings from them & it aint purty. Worst was in the same place as you - underside of wrist. Arm swelled up elbow to wrist, fingers like fat little sausages. Couldn't get a watch on for 3 days. And ITCH....bastardssss. Hatess them we doessss

[vifferman]

I've had only two (2) bee stings while riding - one was when I first rode the XBR500RS Mutant sans glubs, and one hit my hand and stung me before it died, and the other was just after I left home one day. I was riding the VFR750, and I almost always rode with the visor up and sunglasses on. It hit me in the nose, eliciting a mad scramble to brake to a halt, get my gloves off, take my sunnies off, then my helmet, then extract the B. Luckily, it stung me on the tip of the nose, the barb didn't go in deep, and it didn't spread at all.

However, I've been stung multiple times in the back of the neck by a wasp while not riding, and it was awful - felt like I'd been whacked with a piece of 4X2. I'd hate to have one of those in my helmet.

I hate it though when any insects get in my helmet. Last time was riding to Coro with Zed, and I got a midge or sandfly on the inside of my visor when I cracked it open to stop it fogging up. "No problemo!" I thought, and opened it wide to blow it out. I must ridden through a cloud of them just then, because I ended up with one under my eyelid, and a whole lot splattered inside the visor. Doesn't help that the fairing blade directs insects straight at my helmet.

[Crazy Steve]

Twice... once on the chin...And once on the back off my neck while ridin....

The quickest cure....Vinejar imedietley...

It really does work...

Crazy Steve

[Waylander]

Been stung by honey bees plenty of times and once disturbed a wasps nest when tramping at Waikaremoana and had more than 50 stings ( we counted ) but none hurt as much as stepping on a bumble bee in bare feet the other day. As I understand it only the honey bees sting is barbed, wasps will happily keep stinging you till one of you gets bored and bumble bees are non aggressive so will sting once then piss off

Think both the bumble bee and Honey bee leave thier stingers behind after to get more venom into you. Not sure could be one or the other but that, and the fact that they die shortly after stinging something, is why they bugger off after one.

[unhingedlizard]

Bees send off an alarm pheamone (sp?) when you disturb the hive. This is the same smell that gets sent out when you crush a bee or it leaves its sting in you (will run around the stung area). Other bees are attacted to this smell.

[TraD_MaN]

havent been stung on the road bike, only hit by bubble bees , i never knew they hit so hard

only time i got stung was on a quad on the vindeyard when i was bird shooting, i was going down the vines way to fast and this wasp went straight up my sleve and buzzed around before stinging the heck out of my arm, so i paniced and slamed on the brakes ( whish did jack coz it was raning) and i ended up going head first into a post that kinda hurt learnt my lesson thoe...

[mini_me]

i was riding along with my leather half unzipped a few months back and I had a wasp fly into them and under my arm and proceeded to sting its way down and around my back before I could stop and roll around on the ground trying to squash the little fucker. musta looked funyn from behind swerving all over teh road hitting myself on the back then jumping off almost dropping my bike to start rolling around on the ground.
m/m

[sunhuntin]

had a bee fly up under the visor once....saw it out the corner of my eye. tryin to think howm i gonna get the lid off without anoying him? pull over and think for a second before i realise....open the visor! said visor flipped up, and bee buggered off leaving both of us happy.

left a monarch with a headache today after she flew into the visor. i went back to see if i could spot her, but didnt. sad really. love monarchs.

[Logic]

Yep, the little buggers find a way in and zap ya every time.

I think I actually prefer the ol' "bird in the nuts" compared to a bee sting.
A Sparrow came in at just the right angle and height and collected the jewels, nearly threw the bastard at a traffic sign.