How many times have you gotten stung by a bumble bee?

Answer 1

Never by a humble bumble

Answer 2

Once while I was driving with the window open, a bumblebee hit the side of the window and bounced into my lap... I thought it'd fallen onto the floor, but it had fallen onto the seat, and when I tensed my leg to brake on a turn, it zapped me on the back of my thigh. That was very painful!

Mickjam: Bumblebees *do* sting. The drones don't have stingers, but the rest of them are capable.

Important Facts To Know About Bumble Bees:

*Because they live in small nests bumble bees never swarm - so you can encourage a nest or two in the garden without fear of this happening.
*Bumble bees do not produce enough honey for commercial use, just a few grams at a time to feed their young
*Not all bumble bees have a sting. Drones (smaller male bees that hatch in mid summer ) have no sting at all.
*A bumble bees biggest enemy by far is a man armed with a pesticide spray. Like every other form of wildlife they are under serious threat from the chemicals we pour on the land.
*Bumble bees are much less aggressive than honey bees. Generally they will not attack a human at all, unless their life is under threat. Don't wave your arms wildly in their presence, stand quietly and once they smell you are not a flower with pollen they will move gently away.
*Bumble bees do not lose their sting and die if they use it, as a honey bee will.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

ZERO! Neither has anybody else. Bumble bees don't sting. The ones that do might hurt a little bit, but bumbles don't sting. They are the giant ones with a huge thorax that's fuzzy. And no stinger.
Bee stings can smart, but wasp stings are worse. A bee's stinger will break off and stay inside you, but a wasp's won't. It can sting you over and over and doesn't lose its stinger. Bummer.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

you may want to not kill them as they're significant for pollination of flowers and the global is wanting those bees to attempt this interest. yet many times situations they're in basic terms in an inconvenient position. I have achieved this, at nighttime position a sheet of plastic over the bush if it particularly is the position they bees stay, and position a open field of petrol on the floor. The fumes in basic terms collects shrink than the plastic like an umbrella and gases the bees. in a unmarried nighttime bees all lengthy gone. you may want to tie the sector down so no dogs or something can get it. A plastic bucket or any element will do .It basically favor a 10 to 20 mm of petrol. in basic terms placed it aside their till the bees are all lengthy gone.strong success.

Answer 7

We used to see how many we could catch in a jar. Probably 3-4 times then. Another 3-4 for running barefoot all the time.
Wasp stings hurt more though.

Answer 8

once when I was very young my mom dried clothes on a clothes line. I put on one of the shirts and was stung by a bee that was in one of the folded shirts. I was about 5 years old. that sucked

Answer 9

I have never been stung by a bumblebee, just a honeybee once when I stepped on it by accident. My cat got stung by a bumblebee once and her whole front leg swelled up for a day and she was very quiet, but she recovered.

mickjam - Bumblebees CAN sting, they just usually don't - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebee

Answer 10

2 times by the same bee. feels like a sharp needle. not fun :-(