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 > >