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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

As an adult I have learned that honeybees are fairly tame, and non-aggressive. As a kid I was stung on the end of my little finger by a honeybee, and my entire arm became swollen up to my shoulder in very short order. I was rushed to the hospital and for years I carried a prescription dose of Benadryl and the schools had a bottle of them for me at the school nurse's office.

I have not been stung as an adult, and I have no interest in testing my reaction.

That's understandable. I guess I'm lucky because I've been stung several times over the years by bees and other flying, stinging insects, and never had anything but the normal reaction.