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Parked the car yesterday as I was dropping the kids off at school; I had just stepped out when Gareth yelled, "Mom, there's a bee right next to you!" I saw movement out of the corner of my eye and tried to duck away from it, but just as I did, I felt something like a pinch, and dammit, if she hadn't stung me. I managed to scrape the stinger out, but it still hurt. One of the other moms told me "Put a penny on it!" - however, I took some antihistmines when I got home and darned if it didn't stop hurting completely. Why haven't I done that before?

Now it itches; I'm just glad it wasn't Avalon, although she mentioned being worried the bees were going to come after her, too. The only reason I can think of why she stung me, was she must have already been on me when I ducked and I pinched her. I've never had a bee just randomly sting me, unless I hurt them somehow first.

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[puddinhed.livejournal.com]

The first time I got stung by a bee, I felt it land on my face and it stung when I tried to brush it away--didn't know what it was til it stung :(

The second time, I was entomologizing in the woods, and I saw it land on my leg. I thought, if I just stay cool and leave it alone, it won't hurt me. WRONG! Mutha gave me the evil eye and jabbed me. Grrrr! Swole up somethin' fierce that time, too!

[(Anonymous)]

They generally get worse each time you get stung. The last one I got got really swollen too; I'm suprised I'm not having a worse reaction to this one. Maybe I got the stinger out more quickly.

I'm just wondering if the "killer bees" that are here now are interbreeding and making the common ones more aggressive?

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