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Was stung by a bee for the first time today. What should I have done? Any consequences?
tgt said:Was stung by a bee for the first time today. What should I have done? Any consequences?
Schrodinger's Dog said:First thing to do would be to try and hook out the sting, it should have left part of it's abdomen in you. Once you've done this put a cold damp cloth over it (or an ice pack) and keep pressure on it. Hopefully if you've done this quickly the pain should be minimised.
tgt said:I couldn't see any part of the bee in my skin, just a red patch, with a tiny hole.
Is it true that the bee dies shortly afterwards?
Would I get any sideeffects from the sting?
tgt said:What did I do that made it so angry? I think I knocked it accidently. What is it's purpose for stinging, given the consequence is so harsh. It's literally a suicide bomber type. It must be evolutionary advantageous. Why?
It probably wasn't angry, more likely it thought you were too close to the hive. If there is a hive nearby you may get stung again. Obviously, the advantage is to the hive, not to the individual bee. Human soldiers work on a similar principle but with important differences. I once stepped on a bee with bare feet and in this manner was literally stung by a dead bee.tgt said:What did I do that made it so angry? I think I knocked it accidently. What is it's purpose for stinging, given the consequence is so harsh. It's literally a suicide bomber type. It must be evolutionary advantageous. Why?
tgt said:What did I do that made it so angry? I think I knocked it accidently. What is it's purpose for stinging, given the consequence is so harsh. It's literally a suicide bomber type. It must be evolutionary advantageous. Why?
jimmysnyder said:It probably wasn't angry, more likely it thought you were too close to the hive. If there is a hive nearby you may get stung again. Obviously, the advantage is to the hive, not to the individual bee. Human soldiers work on a similar principle but with important differences. I once stepped on a bee with bare feet and in this manner was literally stung by a dead bee.
edit: yeah, the bee was barefoot too ha ha.
George Jones said:Once when I was riding a motorcycle, I hit a bee. The stinger went right through my t-shirt and stung me in the chest.
tgt said:I assume no hive was present?
What can you expect, they're Socialists.tribdog said:Everyone says bees won't bother you unless you make them mad, but do you know what makes killer bees mad? Your breath, dark colors, perfume, sudden movement, gravity, Mondays, American Idol, global warming, etc etc etc. they start out life grumpy and just get worse with age.
But how can people argue for capitalism, calling it a fundamental characteristic of human nature when socialism is clearly fundamental to the nature of beeing itself?jimmysnyder said:What can you expect, they're Socialists.
I think it has been well proven that Socialism won't fly.Gokul43201 said:But how can people argue for capitalism, calling it a fundamental characteristic of human nature when socialism is clearly fundamental to the nature of beeing itself?
jimmysnyder said:I think it has been well proven that Socialism won't fly.
And capitalist pigs have wings?jimmysnyder said:I think it has been well proven that Socialism won't fly.
Gokul43201 said:And capitalist pigs have wings?
Has the time come for us to speak of such things?Gokul43201 said:And capitalist pigs have wings?
edward said:Whatever your political/social preference is, don't pull the stinger out by squeezing it. Scrape it out with the edge of a knife blade. Someone mentioned hooking it out, I imagine they mean getting it out any way you can without squeezing it.
lisab said:Moonbear, that sounds frightening. Maybe you were stung as a toddler...?
renigade666 said:Who was the member of PF who had a bad bee's nest in their yard?
I remember a few months ago reading about his on-going battle with that nest, but do not recall it ever being settled.
After reading this thread, it got me thinking about what happened to it :)
tribdog said:Everytime I get stung it hurts. It feels like a lit cigarette is put out on my skin. I don't swell up a lot but it hurts. I never thought I was a baby when it comes to pain, I mean I can take pain. a sting is just extremely painful almost as bad as when a grapefruit squirts you in your eye, owww.
Of course it has, my dear woodworker! Have you not been listening at all to that Al Gore chap? The seas: they boil!jimmysnyder said:Has the time come for us to speak of such things?