Has anyone else noticed an explosion of bees lately? (lemm.ee)

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I might as well ask this since I got stung or bit by a bee yesterday during America day.

Last year, when taking strolls, it was rare enough for a bee to swarm around me that I could go whole strolls without it happening sometimes.

This year, they swarm around me everywhere. Everywhere. It's like fighting your way through putty patrollers. They respawn instantly, there's absolutely no lag. Shoo one away and one comes back five seconds later. Sometimes for three hour strolls encompassing six miles.

What the heck happened? Anyone else notice this?

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I don't believe there's a venom difference. They got called "killer bees" because they tend to swarm people much more often than European, not because an individual sting is worse.

With that reaction, and no stinger, are you sure it was a honey bee? They pretty much always leave a stinger.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

There's a tiny, tiny black spot on my thumb, like the size of a dust mite due to how small it is. I'm lucky with my glasses I can even see it, but I don't know if that's the stinger or just a dent it left. The bee did fly away unharmed afterward.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It sounds like the stinger did not come out when you were stung, so you were probably stung by a wasp rather than a bee.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Well shoot, I always was taught wasps were the ones I should be worried about health-wise. Seeing this to be wrong, now I'm having thoughts.

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