Killer BEEZ

[PiePiper]

I feel your PAIN and ITCH. Almost the same thing happened to me last summer. I was mowing the lawn with a push mower. All of a sudden I felt stinging sensation on the back of my upper thigh. I mowed over a nest of yellow jackets that live in the ground. Now they're diving for me, I'm slapping them off my legs, swinging my arms around my face so I don't get stung there. Thought about tearing my shorts off but didn't want to scare the neighbors. I ended up getting stung about 30 times all over my legs and arms. I'm kind of paranoid now whenever I mow the lawn. I never want to have another close encounter with a nest of bees.

[mimimomo]

Ouch! I absolutely am terrified of bugs...I would've freaked out, probably fainted!! When there's a moth or some insane bug in the house...I call for my Momo & he tries to catch it for me! Deb...I hope you're feeling better.

[Amazing Yorkies]

You ought to be a writer.. Have to admit I had to giggle...
I'm that way with those pesky June Bugs.. They grab onto you and feel like they're biting.. Drives me insane and I run around like a banshee.. From your description, now I know what I must look like.. LOL
I'm sure glad you are OK! Lawn Mowers and wasps don't mix!

[Britster]

I absolutely HATE wasps and bees! Ugh!

When I was 6 years old, we were all playing outside and we stepped on a yellow jackets hive in the ground. Unknowingly, of course. I had close to THIRTY yellow jackets all over my body, in my clothes, they were everywhere. I still remember that day, it was awful.

[omega]

Originally Posted by LuvMySissy

I have to agree!!!!

Your story reminded me of one when I was growing up and we had about 10 people in my mom's Vega Station Wagon (no seat belt law then), summertime, windows all open. Mom was driving and all of a sudden starts screaming and doing a little dance in her seat. Needless to say, the car was swerving all over the road. She finally pulls over, lifts up her rear, pulls down the waist of her sorts and she had gotten stung on the buttocks while driving!!!!

LOL.When my mom was able to move around, she had her own version of the "bee dance." It was SO funny.

Originally Posted by Amazing Yorkies

You ought to be a writer.. Have to admit I had to giggle...
I'm that way with those pesky June Bugs.. They grab onto you and feel like they're biting.. Drives me insane and I run around like a banshee.. From your description, now I know what I must look like.. LOL
I'm sure glad you are OK! Lawn Mowers and wasps don't mix!

June bugs are SO disgusting. I run like crazy from them, too.

When I was a teenager, my folks had some relatives or someone over and I was outside - it had just gotten dark. Well, all of a sudden I felt something crawling on my leg inside my pants. I totally panicked and took my pants off. I made sure they were bug free, put them on, ran inside the house and put something different on. I could never look at those pants quite the same way again. LOL. I think our company thought I was just a bit crazy.

How is your "tender" spot doing today????

[FlDebra]

Originally Posted by Britster

I absolutely HATE wasps and bees! Ugh!

When I was 6 years old, we were all playing outside and we stepped on a yellow jackets hive in the ground. Unknowingly, of course. I had close to THIRTY yellow jackets all over my body, in my clothes, they were everywhere. I still remember that day, it was awful.

That would give me nightmares for the rest of my life!

[FlDebra]

Thanks for all the stories that make my one wasp not seem so bad. Thanks also for the sympathies for my mowing ordeal. I think this wasp decided to unload all of its venom in my boob because it has left a huge red spot and the entry site is larger than usual too. It looks like a red egg cracked open frying on me. Most of the swelling has gone down but it itches like crazy! And this is the second day after now.

I have Wasp Spray on the shopping list and I am going to go hunting those nests later this week. We have another ball game tonight so it will have to wait. But those wasps days are numbered, I tell ya!

And June bugs! OOoohhhh! I can't stand those things either. Not smart enough to get away from you, and they have all those little clingy claw like things on their legs. Yuck! We have a nuisance bug that makes my Top Five List too -- Love bugs. They don't sting, or claw, but they are the dumbest bugs in the world! They will not be shooed away. You have to kill the dang things and they are all mating so when you kill one, you kill two. I guess they get oblivious during the act. I spray my front porch and you would think that would keep them away, but no, they just keep coming and dying all over my porch so I have to keep sweeping them away. I would take another wasp sting if the good Lord would just tell me what purpose he had in mind for those idiotic bugs! No offense!

Bugs!! (shiver and shake!)

[MeganS]

ouch ouch ouch and OUCH! I'm sooo sorry that happened!! I hope the pain's died down!

Gotta admit...I LOL'd too reading your story haha. Pictured the whole thing in my head! I probably would've ripped the shirt right off!

I've only been stung once in my life. I was probably 7 years old and I was going over to my neighbors house. I saw a bee in the distance and thought the good ol' saying - don't bother it, it won't bother you. Next thing I know there's a horrible pain in my side and I was rolling on the ground screaming my fool head off! My dad came running outside - he thought I got hit by a car! haha. Turns out the darn thing tagged me 3 times before he really stung me!

I don't know if wasps die when they sting you, but I've always thought it was kinda satisfying to know that at least bees die after they hurt ya!

[mohawkmalli]

I had one get stuck in the back part of my shirt while DH and I were out on the motorcycle and could not get him to understand that I was being stung and he needed to pull over....Thank God I had my epi-pen b/c I am allergic and the little booger managed to sting me 5 times...I didn't realize that he was in there and kept leaning back on my seat making him mad over being squashed and then he would sting me again...those things are never fun

[jfalz73]

Originally Posted by omega

I'm sorry for your ordeal but I can't stop laughing.

I think you may have missed your calling as a writer.

I hope that tender area is doing better today.

DITTO THAT! So sorry, but you really SHOULD be a writer!! Seriously, though i DO hope you are feeling better now. If it were me, it would probably be the LAST mower ride!!!