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Bees and wasps
Hollie1342
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am I the only person who spends so much of the summer being stung by everything flying? I got stung just today by a bee and its red and sore, has anyone else ever been stung?
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The most likely reason a bee is likely to sting is because somebody flaps their hands and arms at it. Generally speaking, if you leave wasps and bees alone they'll do the same to you.
Wasps always sting me for no reason though but the bee today landed on my knee and when I bent down it stung me
I was stung a couple of times last year. Once when I picked up an opened bag of compost - a queen wasp was hibernating in the rolled over top
The second time was when I was picking a squash and a bee flew up my skirt
A bit painful for a while and a nuisance but nothing more than that, thank goodness.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ive had a wasp in my clothes a few times myself, one tim I was nearly home when a hornet flew up my mini skirt and stung me again and again until it flew out and it had stung me 8 times on my legs, thighs and ass. It hurt so bad I cried I think I just remember running for the vinegar and pouring it on my thighs in the hope it would take the pain away. Hornet stings are worse than wasps
Interesting - hornets generally head for the light
I'll bet that hurt tho' .......... but they're fascinating creatures and usually not at all aggressive - it must've felt trapped (as of course you did
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I hope when you got it in your skirt it didn't sting you in your garden, I ain't talking about the one outsid your house lol
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mine wasn't a mini skirt .... it was a full length kaftan ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Haha the thing is when it got me in the mini skirt I wasn't actually gardening, usually in the summer I wear short shorts for gardening, my knees and legs sometimes get stung and bitten
Omg owww I've been stung again today it was a red wasp omg it hurts sooooo bad it got me 6 times!