enjoy the swelling tomorrow.
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Wait till tomorrow "Nathan Puffy Eye" 
You might want to put some ice on it....sooner rather than later. Then again, you could be fortunate like my husband who barely reacts at all. I turn into the Michelin Woman on day 2. Ice tomorrow is too late. A sting is invigorating in a way...until the swelling and itch kicks in the next day...
You might want to put some ice on it....sooner rather than later. Then again, you could be fortunate like my husband who barely reacts at all. I turn into the Michelin Woman on day 2. Ice tomorrow is too late. A sting is invigorating in a way...until the swelling and itch kicks in the next day...
I say, "phooey(!) on this 'feels so good, macho stuff." Bee stings are supposed to hurt, and so your natural reaction should be to prudently avoid them.
For example ... go ahead, spend $20, and buy a bee veil (and a straw-hat to put it on), so that honeybees will never again sting you in the face. Ditto a pair of long-sleeved lightweight leather bee-gloves, both so that you can keep your hands clean and so that they won't sting you in the fingers.
Beyond that, hey, it's entirely up to you. As for me, a lightweight set of painter's coveralls, full of plentious pockets(!), was a mighty great investment.
"Stinging," after all, "is what honeybees do." But that don't mean that you have to put up with it.
Yeah, yeah. I have worked with my bees in the northwest Georgia (USA) summertime, in shorts and a T-shirt, but the thought does occur to me that maybe the insects thought that I stunk as bad as I probably did. So, mebbe they had mercy on me. Anyhow, I decided that what I needed was: a sting-free face, clean hands, and plenty o' pockets. Works for me.
Bee stings are supposed to hurt, and so your natural reaction should be to prudently avoid them.For example ... go ahead, spend $20, and buy a bee veil (and a straw-hat to put it on), so that honeybees will never again sting you in the face. Ditto a pair of long-sleeved lightweight leather bee-gloves, both so that you can keep your hands clean and so that they won't sting you in the fingers.
Beyond that, hey, it's entirely up to you. As for me, a lightweight set of painter's coveralls, full of plentious pockets(!), was a mighty great investment.
"Stinging," after all, "is what honeybees do." But that don't mean that you have to put up with it.
Yeah, yeah. I have worked with my bees in the northwest Georgia (USA) summertime, in shorts and a T-shirt, but the thought does occur to me that maybe the insects thought that I stunk as bad as I probably did. So, mebbe they had mercy on me.
Anyhow, I decided that what I needed was: a sting-free face, clean hands, and plenty o' pockets. Works for me.
Hi, my name is Colobee, and it's been 24 hours since my last sting lpf (that was really good )
It still always hurts, as it should. It still usually itches for a day or two, or sometimes four. It sometimes swells like a big jelly bag when the strike is near an artery - like the one where my right arm gauntlet cinches below the inside elbow. Mine should have a big black tattoo there that say's "sting here for best effect" (they seem to have already figured that out). It eventually feels good on my tired old lower back, but I don't get any euphoria and still avoid as many as I can, in every way I can.
lpf (that was really good )It still always hurts, as it should. It still usually itches for a day or two, or sometimes four. It sometimes swells like a big jelly bag when the strike is near an artery - like the one where my right arm gauntlet cinches below the inside elbow. Mine should have a big black tattoo there that say's "sting here for best effect" (they seem to have already figured that out). It eventually feels good on my tired old lower back, but I don't get any euphoria and still avoid as many as I can, in every way I can.
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