What You Need To Know About Bee Attacks
I remember being about 5 years old, playing with my friends one afternoon. We saw a beehive and thought to ourselves, “Hey, let’s grab a stick or something and see if we could open it up.”
Well, I’m sure you can guess how that went. Picture a young Mike Anthony running down the street and finally getting stung by a bee right on my butt. It hurt. I felt stupid. And to this day, I don’t mess with bees. Lesson Learned.
Well, it’s May and as the pollinators are doing what they do, there are a lot of bees outside. And if you’re not careful you could get stung.
If you didn’t hear about this story on Sunday, it should serve as a cautionary tale….
There was a Mom in Arizona doing a family photo shoot when all of a sudden a swarm of bees started to attack! The mom ran her two kids into her car to protect them, but she wound up getting stung more than 75 times.
She had to be taken to the hospital and thankfully she’s doing ok now. But bee experts decided to issue some warnings about what to do and what not to do if you come under attack by any bees.
- If a bee “bumps into” you, it’s not an accident. Run.
- Hold your breath. Bees navigate by smell. Holding your breath could throw them off long enough for you to get away.
- Don’t flail your arms and don’t swat at them.
- If you get stung, pull the stinger out immediately.
Stay safe this Spring and Summer season. And don’t be like the younger me and go hitting any beehives. It’s not funny or cool. And you just might get stung right on your arse. Which is in no way cool or fun. It’s actually a bummer.
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