Makes a pair of months was stung by a bee in an eye.
        It is a very distasteful sensation, and extremely painful.  I lost
momentarily the vision of this eye.
 
        Hours after, the pain disappeared and I recovered the vision.
 
        Speaking thereinafter with bee people, they said me that when is sat the
nonfriendly buzz  of a bee defend the eyes with one hand .
 
        In a nutshell:  a painful experience, without consequences of long term and
that is possible  to avoid.
 
 
 
        CARLOS APARICIO
 
 
 
 
 
 
At 12:22 PM 07/04/1998 -0400, Barricklow, Walt wrote:
>I have been keeping bees for about 4 years now, and have 10 hives.  They
>seem to do quite well
>by using conventional medication and care.  They are calm bees, and don't
>usually flare up, and
>I take my time not to hurt them.  I finished with the bees, and moved away
>to my truck and was
>hit from the side.  I do not think that I was in a glide path, in fact was
>behind the bees.  I got a hot
>flash in the side of my eye.  A quick look by my wife, a quick scrape, and
>a sting was out.  A few
>hours later my eye was swollen shut.  I have not had a reaction from bee
>stings before, only a
>slight swelling and itch alittle.  This scares me a little.  Is this a
>reaction because it was in a very
>soft place, or can I look to get more reaction in the future.  I get stung
>very seldom. The swelling is
>almost gone after 3 days, but still tender.  Walt in SC
>
>