Bee stings

[Number 16]

Pottering around my allotment yesterday I was assailed by several bees that proceeded to sting me a dozen or so times, including my face. I awoke this morning covered with swellings and looking like the Elephant Man.

Now they're annoying little s0ds, but our eco-system needs 'em.

They're interesting and complex creatures.

[Stirlin]

Have no problem with bees , wasps , bumblebees , have been stung a few times but as you say our eco system needs them . Any type of fly makes my skin crawl , even gone to the trouble of knocking together flyscreens for the windows in my gaff.

[JohnM]

Wasps,Yeah!
(What are they  good for?) Absolutely nothing, uhuh
(Wasps huh) Yeah!
(What are they good for?) Absolutely nothing
Say it again, y’all!
(Wasps, huh) Lookout!
(What are they good for?) Absolutely nothing
Listen to me, awwwww!

 

Wasps I despise
‘Cause they means destruction of innocent lives
Wasps means tears to thousands of mothers’ eyes
When their sons go out to fight and lose their lives
I said

(Wasps huh) Good God y’all
(What are they good for?) Absolutely nothing, say it again
(Wasps, huh) Lord, lord, lord, lord
(What are they good for?) Absolutely nothing
Listen to me!

[tonyXIII]

On 07/05/2022 at 08:32, JohnM said:

Wasps,Yeah!
(What are they  good for?) Absolutely nothing, uhuh
(Wasps huh) Yeah!
(What are they good for?) Absolutely nothing
Say it again, y’all!
(Wasps, huh) Lookout!
(What are they good for?) Absolutely nothing
Listen to me, awwwww!

 

Wasps I despise
‘Cause they means destruction of innocent lives
Wasps means tears to thousands of mothers’ eyes
When their sons go out to fight and lose their lives
I said

(Wasps huh) Good God y’all
(What are they good for?) Absolutely nothing, say it again
(Wasps, huh) Lord, lord, lord, lord
(What are they good for?) Absolutely nothing
Listen to me!

Have you been stung lately, John?

If so, you have my sympathy. They are annoying, but they are pollinators, so they are good for something.

[JohnM]

1 hour ago, tonyXIII said:

Have you been stung lately, John?

If so, you have my sympathy. They are annoying, but they are pollinators, so they are good for 

Stung in the mouth by one in the mid 1990s when out cycling in Cranleigh in Surrey with workmates. Struggling to breathe, I made it to a nursing home in Cranleigh who called the ambulance.  That was in itself unusual since normally people left the place  by hearse, they said.

Got my own back on waspdom by swallowing it.

Edited May 10, 2022 by JohnM

[Wolford6]

I've never found out why the first milk given by an ewe or a cow to their newborn suckling is called the beestings.

[Futtocks]

I never really need an excuse for this, but what the hell.

 

[Number 16]

On 11/05/2022 at 20:12, Wolford6 said:

I've never found out why the first milk given by an ewe or a cow to their newborn suckling is called the beestings.

And I've never been interested in women who present only bee stings. 

I prefer the more voluptuous...

[RayCee]

My dad encounted a very large hornet in India many moons ago. It stung him in the armpit. He said the pain was intense. Try to avoid that if in a country with large hornets. 

[Stirlin]

5 hours ago, RayCee said:

My dad encounted a very large hornet in India many moons ago. It stung him in the armpit. He said the pain was intense. Try to avoid that if in a country with large hornets. 

Spotted a few in Singapore and yes they are big , think it was a couple of years ago a golf tournament in Singers one golfer ran to an artificial lake and dived in as a swarm of them were attacking him.