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Originally Posted by A930Rocket
I have a near bee/wasp/hornet phobia after an incident 20 years ago.
I was staking out a lot for a house one day and starting looking at a the base of a hollowed out tree. Said to my buddy, that would be a great place for a beeeeesss. All of a sudden I was in a world of hurt, as a black cloud of yellow jackets came out of the ground. Got stung 20 times while running away and rolling on the ground trying to get rid of them. My buddy standing next to me, just watched and didn't get stung at all.
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You ran, he didn't. I think they sense movement as well as odor. If you can stand the pressure and not move I've found they generally won't bother you. I have a Cat end-loader and last year a hive of bees moved behind the instrument panel. I didn't want to harm them so I called a bee keeper to come and get them. He said they were Italian Honeybees. He didn't know how to remove the panel so I had to do it. I was petrified, but even with them swarming all around me, none stung me. Wouldn't want to try it without an expert around though!