A bee sting!

@pitstop (14095)
Australia
July 30, 2018 11:00pm CST
There are a couple of beehives in our apartment complex and early in the morning sometimes bees buzz around the lights in the balcony or corridors and they also end up injured and on the floor. After watering my garden plants I was just removing my slippers when I felt a sharp pain in my toe. I had stepped on an injured bee and it stung me. It was a sharp severe pain that throbbed after a while. Ianaged to pull the sting out and washed and applied some ice. As it was a single bee, I had only a painful local swelling. I could still walk easily. Have you been stung by a bee or wasp?
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@Icydoll (36717)
• India
31 Jul 18
Yes in my childhood..it was very painful
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@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
31 Jul 18
I remember one when I was a child too. It scared me!
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@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
31 Jul 18
@Icydoll the bee ambushed you!!
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@Icydoll (36717)
• India
31 Jul 18
@pitstop yes , it was hiding in a flower.. unknowingly I plucked it and stung by bee
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
4 Aug 18
Both @pitstop but the worst was bees. I was stung by over 100 of them at one time. I accidentally upset one of their nests and needless to say; they weren't happy. Had to call an ambulance just in case I had a reaction to the poison. I had extreme vomiting for over 6 hours but I turned out fine and literally only wound up with some lumps on my face and neck. I guess the vomiting removed most of the poison from my body.
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@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
4 Aug 18
That sounds scary. Something similar happened to a group of friends last year and some of them were admitted for 3 days with severe vomiting.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
6 Aug 18
@pitstop After incidents like that you have to worry about any future stings causing a bad reaction too.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
31 Jul 18
I already got stung, I think it was a wasp not a bee when I was a teen, it stung me in the chest cause I had no shirt on while picking santan flowers and seeping the sweet nectar
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@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
31 Jul 18
Was it a single wasp or a group of them?
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
31 Jul 18
@pitstop just a single wasp, I think wasps do not swarm as much as bees
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@rakski (126031)
• Philippines
31 Jul 18
Oh no. I hate bee sting.
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@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
31 Jul 18
Same here. I don't think anyone else likes one?
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@rakski (126031)
• Philippines
31 Jul 18
@pitstop for sure.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
31 Jul 18
@pitstop I have been stung by a bee and accidentally sat on on one.
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@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
31 Jul 18
That's a bad spot to be stung on.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
31 Jul 18
@pitstop Yes, it is.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
31 Jul 18
Ohh yes when I was a kid Hehehe!!!
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@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
31 Jul 18
Was it painful? Did you go to the hospital
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
31 Jul 18
@pitstop It's painful but I didn't go to the hospital. In our hometown there's no hospital there before.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
31 Jul 18
It happened when I was a child. It is common in villages too.
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@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
31 Jul 18
Sometimes it can be dangerous especially if there is a swarm of bees
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
31 Jul 18
Yes, by a honey bee. I also removed the sting and washed the affected area.
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@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
31 Jul 18
It felt weird to see the sting sitting on my foot! Thankfully there's always enough if it sticking out to just pull it off.
• Vancouver, British Columbia
2 Aug 18
Whatever happens, just don't scratch or rub the affected area. That'll just amplify the pain and make your life harder for you
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@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
2 Aug 18
Thanks for the tip. I washed it immediately. But it does get itchy.