Insect sting

[Rob3rt]

I got a bee caught in the netting on the side of my skinsuit during a TT earlier this year, it must not have been unable to complete the sting process (which I believe can only happen once) and instead repeatedly tried to string my hip (there was a cluster of "stings"), I carried on for a mile or so before I bothered to look to see what the pain was as I figured it would stop at some point, when it didn't I had a look, noticed it was a big fat bee, it took a few good swipes to dislodge it and knock it off my skinsuit. I was left with a cluster of big red bleeding spots all over my right hip.

 

[Biker Joe]

Ouch Rob! Nasty.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Bees can only sting once, then they leave the venom sac behind, attached to the stinger. Remove that,because it keeps pumping venom. Wasps are different altogether, and can sting repeatedly. In the Southwestern US, killer bees attack en masse, each sting sending out a pheromone that attracts more bees to sting you more. This may abate as "Africanized" colonies become more established after many bee generations.

 

[Rob3rt]

Bees can only sting once, then they leave the venom sac behind, attached to the stinger. Remove that,because it keeps pumping venom. Wasps are different altogether, and can sting repeatedly. In the Southwestern US, killer bees attack en masse, each sting sending out a pheromone that attracts more bees to sting you more. This may abate as "Africanized" colonies become more established after many bee generations.

This was definitely a bee, and hence why I said it must not have been able to complete the process because there were many "wounds" but no stinger or venom sack left behind.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I think bees bite as well. Or that may be folkloric.

 

[Rob3rt]

If they can, also possible especially if it was trying to free itself from the mesh panel.

All I know was, there was a stinging/burning pain for about a mile, when I finally gave in and looked there was a bee on my clothing which took quite a hard knock to dislodge and then a load of wounds on my hip afterwards when I peeled my skinsuit off.

It was more of a distraction than anything else tbh, hardly excruciating!

 

[Gravity Aided]

Still sounds quite painful. Glad to hear all is well.

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

Couple of weeks ago a wasp (I guess) flew into my face and got stuck inside my glasses. In my faffing about to try to dislodge it, I obviously worried the blighter and before I got my specs off, it had stung me next to my eye. Never having been stung before I kept doing a mental 'sweep' of my swallowing, etc in case I was allergic. Luckily, apart from it being very sore and a little swollen about 1cm diameter from the actual sting, I was ok. The joys of the countryside

 

[Stephen brown]

Couple of weeks ago a wasp (I guess) flew into my face and got stuck inside my glasses. In my faffing about to try to dislodge it, I obviously worried the blighter and before I got my specs off, it had stung me next to my eye. Never having been stung before I kept doing a mental 'sweep' of my swallowing, etc in case I was allergic. Luckily, apart from it being very sore and a little swollen about 1cm diameter from the actual sting, I was ok. The joys of the countryside

Exactly this happened to me in Sunday on a charity ride, god dam it hurt, could see the little bugger with my right eye smashing against the lens and my left eye lid

I had about 500 people behind me so my sudden swervy stop was interesting....

 

[Phoenix Lincs]

Flippin' insects

 

[tuggy]

Hope you were not around willing ale or it could have been one of mine from the apple trees

 

[ayceejay]

Me too I am a magnet for any stinging insect around from spiders to no see'ums (as they are called here) but I can honestly say that the worst experience ever was when a fly, a bluebottle, flew into my ear it almost drove me crazy. In fact the people who saw me dancing around shaking my head though I was crazy.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I got a bee caught in the netting on the side of my skinsuit during a TT earlier this year, it must not have been unable to complete the sting process (which I believe can only happen once) and instead repeatedly tried to string my hip (there was a cluster of "stings"), I carried on for a mile or so before I bothered to look to see what the pain was as I figured it would stop at some point, when it didn't I had a look, noticed it was a big fat bee, it took a few good swipes to dislodge it and knock it off my skinsuit. I was left with a cluster of big red bleeding spots all over my right hip.

Sounds like a bumblebee from the description. They don't have the barbs on the sting like a honey bee, so can sting repeatedly.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I think wasps go for the eyes, maybe from some collective experience. My Father was deathly afraid of them, so had me remove a nest from the carriage house. A wasp tried to sting me, right in the eye, but got turned around and stung my eyeglass lenses instead . Flung glasses off, wasp fell on ground, stomped on. Wasp nest removed, $10.00 collected. Wish I had reflexes like that now. I have bee bushes around my house, very good for the bees, and keeps them out of the house and at the bush, which has myriad white flowers bees and bumblebees love. Bumblebees pollinate some plants, like corn, with buzz pollination, the harmonic and vibration of their buzz freeing pollen, as with tomatoes. Bicycles.