I was stung once or twice yearly from my early teens into my 20's. The park near our house has some type of low flowering weed and I would often head over there barefoot with my dog. Inevitably, I would eventually step on a bee while running around with my dog. Fortunately, other than some discomfort, I have no allergies that I can tell.
My last sting was a few years ago. I took my youngest snorkeling. We were out in some kelp beds and I felt something tickling the side of my head, just above the band of my goggles. I casually brushed at it and thought nothing of it. Turns out it was a bee.
I continued snorkeling for a bit. I believe the cold of the water masked any discomfort. When we went back to shore, I started feeling pain on the side of my head. My daughter confirmed there was a stinger, still with a poison sack attached, dangling from my head.
I approached a life guard and asked if he would remove it. He put on a rubber glove, rubbed down from above the stinger and dislodged it. It had probably been releasing it's poison for 40 minutes. For nearly 5 years that area on the side of my face had an area of dry, reddish skin.
I was stung once or twice yearly from my early teens into my 20's. The park near our house has some type of low flowering weed and I would often head over there barefoot with my dog. Inevitably, I would eventually step on a bee while running around with my dog. Fortunately, other than some discomfort, I have no allergies that I can tell.
My last sting was a few years ago. I took my youngest snorkeling. We were out in some kelp beds and I felt something tickling the side of my head, just above the band of my goggles. I casually brushed at it and thought nothing of it. Turns out it was a bee.
I continued snorkeling for a bit. I believe the cold of the water masked any discomfort. When we went back to shore, I started feeling pain on the side of my head. My daughter confirmed there was a stinger, still with a poison sack attached, dangling from my head.
I approached a life guard and asked if he would remove it. He put on a rubber glove, rubbed down from above the stinger and dislodged it. It had probably been releasing it's poison for 40 minutes. For nearly 5 years that area on the side of my face had an area of dry, reddish skin.
I've not been stung since.