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8. I got stung by one

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 02:02 PM

Jul 2019

Apparently it was attracted to the scent of my underarm deodorant. I had been working with my arms raised, then got zapped when I lowered my arms. It was the most acutely painful thing I have ever experienced - like liquid fire. I saw the bugger fly away wnen my arm reflexively flew up. I rolled around on the ground for a minute, inventing new curses all the while. That sting left a raised welt 3" wide from armpit to waist. Good thing they're not aggressive.

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Dilemma- ground bees. [View all] underpants Jul 2019 OP

Ground bees are not aggressive. Cattledog Jul 2019 #1

My experience proves that they can be aggressive csziggy Jul 2019 #21

Mine were. Laffy Kat Jul 2019 #25

About 4 years ago rownesheck Jul 2019 #2

I got stung by one Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #8

It was probably a wasp or a hornet and not a bee if you got such a bad sting. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #17

It was a cicada killer - a solitary hornet Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #20

Cicada Killers are OK... tonekat Jul 2019 #16

Sounds like yellowjackets, which are wasps - not bees Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #3

They will come after you in a mass and attack... Historic NY Jul 2019 #4

Yep, them's yallerjackets alright Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #6

Me too, they let me go by twice... Historic NY Jul 2019 #12

Yep jberryhill Jul 2019 #23

Found on the Google - this guy has a plan! underpants Jul 2019 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #27

Mud Potter Wasps-AKA Yellow Jackets Boxerfan Jul 2019 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #7

Ground bees are not aggressive. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #22

Yellowjackets usually have 2 entrances to their nest in the ground. Lars39 Jul 2019 #9

Great tip. Thanks. underpants Jul 2019 #10

I got them one year. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2019 #13

I was planning on cutting my grass tonight underpants Jul 2019 #14

See if you have wasps, ground bees or bumble bees someone up thread posted a link lunasun Jul 2019 #28

what are those little striped things that sting like hell?..or bite? samnsara Jul 2019 #15

Those would be wasps or hornets. Entomologically speaking, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #19

When I was a kid, the old-timers had a nickname for yellowjackets Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #24

The chart here Lefta Dissenter Jul 2019 #26