Judy and Anna gave me an idea for a post.

NO, bees sting, they jab a barbed stinger into the skin and then they die.

@snowy22315 I meant to say I was stung twice and not bitten. Sorry about that and thank you for pointing that out to me.

@LadyDuck Thanks for pointing that out and it did not feel good when I was stung by them.

@Hannihar Yes I cried.

@askme123 Makes sense that you cried. That must have been very painful.

@askme123 That is an interesting thought but do not remember getting a large sum of money after I got stung. That must have been very frightening being stung by the bee when you were a child.

@Hannihar Yes I have been stung by yellow jackets before.

@RebeccasFarm I can understand why you would be afraid. It is quite painful.

@RebeccasFarm What are yellow jackets?

@Hannihar I only fear the wasps, they sting for no reason and they can sting many times.

@LadyDuck Maybe that is what I got stung by. I cannot remember. It was quite a long time ago.

@LadyDuck One sitting on one did not help that it got angry. Thank you for telling me the difference. I must have done something that the first one did not like why it stung me. I am glad you have never been stung by one.

@SophiaMorros You are the 2nd person that mentioned yellow jackets here. To me a bee is a bee and I do not like them at all. That is a very big ouch indeed.

@SophiaMorros Wow, you have had bad luck with bees. I know we need them for the honey and we certainly need honey here in Israel for our Jewish New Year so we can have a sweet year and eat honey cake and put honey on our bread. I cannot remember the first time I was stung but do remember sitting down on a chair the 2nd time and a bee happened to be there and I did not see it till it got what it wanted from me.

@Hannihar bees make honey and a black and yellow with fuzzy bodies. The only time I have been stung by a bee is walking barefoot and accidentally stepping on one that was visiting a clover flower. Bees only sting when provoked, and can only sting once. Using their stinger kills them. Yellow jackets are a kind of wasp, they are black and yellow like the honey bee, but not fuzzy. They can sting multiple times. They like to buzz around food, and often nest in the ground. I have been stung multiple times when I accidentally disturbed a nest they had built in our firewood pile, I have been stung when I have run over an under-ground nest with a lawn mower. I don't like yellow jackets!

@Anqaya That must have been hard for your grandma. I am sorry. I understand hating them too and I also eat honey. I wish I could feel respect for them but I just do not want them anywhere near me. The memories of being stung by them always come back to me when they are around.

@Hannihar Yes they really bring pain as well as honey. I am also afraid of bees. Whenever they come near me, I run away.

@Anqaya I do not blame you for running away from them. I just hope they do not follow you and go a different direction.

@Hannihar have you tried to take out honey from the hive?.

@sjvg1976 No, I never had. I would feel that they would sting me again.

@sjvg1976 You are lucky. I was stung twice and fear them.

@Hannihar The next day.

@Juliaacv So what did you put on it that you could walk on it the next day? I am glad you could walk on it the next day.

@Juliaacv That is awful. It must have been painful to you. How long was it that you could walk on your foot aftewards?

@Hannihar they have an afraidometer

@sol_cee I can understand why you are afraid of them after being stung. I do not like them at all and do not want them ever near me. I wonder if they can sense that people are afraid of them.

@sol_cee So that means they know when someone is frightened of them or not?

@Hannihar I don’t blame you. My younger son is allergic to them and carries an Epi pen wherever he goes

@DianneN That is a good idea to carry the Epi-pen. Are there a lot of bees where he is? It must be hard for him if there are a lot of bees around him since he is allergic.

@DianneN I bet it did. I cannot remember how I felt but I do know I do not like bees or want them anywhere near me.

@Hannihar There are many different types of spiders here. But I can't say I have personally seen a huge variety of them. The most common one I ever see is the Daddy Long Legs spiders. I just think all animals and bugs are cool because they are part of nature. And they all have amazing qualities on how they survive and get around. Even though some are scary to be around or look at, still amazing what they are.

@VivaLaDani13 Put it that way I understand what you are saying.

@VivaLaDani13 I also have no idea if they know if they scare us or not. I sat on one once by accident. I wanted to sit on the chair and sat down and found out that a bee was in the chair so he stung me because I sat on him. Also once he stung me. I do not like spiders or snakes. Why do you think they are cool? You are right that they have a purpose. Do you have many spiders where you are?

@dgobucks226 I am glad that they die in the end but still they do damage and it hurts.

@dgobucks226 I do not want them near me and I will leave them alone if they leave me alone. There are times they come too close to me. I would gladly give them space and then hopefully they will leave us alone.

@Hannihar Yes, bees are one species we want to give some space to..

@ExplorewtMe I am sorry all the times you were stung. That is something that you do not blame them and like to eat honey.

@ExplorewtMe I understand that and they probably thought you wanted to steal it.

@Hannihar yes, They also wanted to protect their honey.

@Faster16 Yes, and very true that I have not been bitten by a spider.

@Faster16 I also have never been bitten by a spider either.

@Hannihar thank god you never

@Hannihar I thought may be it was something more recent.

@much2say I am so sorry it happened to you and happened at the zoo. The first I cannot remember what happened and the 2nd I just sat down and did not know it was there and then I guess it was angry that I sat down on it.

@much2say It was so long ago that it happened to me and I cannot remember. I am so glad that kids were fast to make sure she got the medical attention she needed and that really helped her get better from it.

@jaboUK I understand what you are saying. It still did not feel good when I got stung twice by whatever it was.

@RasmaSandra As a child it must have been very scary for you and very painful. That was so nice of you to save one and it did nothing to you because you helped it.

@TheHorse Do you love the bees because of the honey or just love them?

@CarolDM I understand their purpose but I still do not like them. I also eat honey.