Saturday, July 15, 2023

BEE Aware

I stumbled upon and stirred up a yellowjackets nest this morning!  One of those in the ground type of nests.

The bastards caught me by surprise and got me good, really good!

Five stings; one on my right eyelid, one just below my right eye, two on my right forearm and a cowardly one in the back, between my shoulder blades, OUCH!!

The one on my back happened several minutes after the initial sneak attack and even when I was like 30 feet away from the nest area.  Guessing perhaps that dude hitched a ride from the initial attack and eventually stung me.

All in all I was pretty lucky.  Had I stepped closer to the nest, they really could have tore me up.


I felt like, and looked a bit like Rocky after a couple rounds with Apollo Creed...

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