Oh no a bee.

[Sofar]

Oh Lord. There was a bee. Earlier today a honey bee bumbled its way through an open window and landed on someone's table. It was the early dinner rush, and the restaurant was full of children. The children at the table on which the bee alighted screamed "bee!" and what ensued was no less than an uproar. Many children rose from their seats and tried to find the bee and smash it, while others screamed their heads off, or generally made a ruckus. The parents made a pathetic attempt at calming their children, and several tried to capture the bee themselves, while one man went around the room shutting the windows. Evading attempts to swat it, the bee bumbled up to the ceiling and remained there for the rest of the evening, while my customers milled around and stared it before eventually returning to their tables.

Do humans always act like this?

[Broomjockey]

Do humans always act like this?

From my observations, yes. Pink squishies are often terrified of things penetrating their soft outer layer. This is why I'm proud to be a draconic half-giant-half-halfling

[Becks]

For what it's worth, some people are allergic to beestings.

Just saying.

[Iced Coffee Man]

One time I was sitting at a bus stop and saw a bee flying around, it ended up landing on the seat next to me. I was a bit anxious because I'd never been stung before, and wasn't sure how much it would hurt.
However the bee just sat there and didn't do much flying. Then this lady came into the bus stop, she mustn't have seen the bee because she sat right on it.
I was expecting her to jump up, screaming that her arse has been stung. But instead the bee crawled out from under her and flew off.

[Princess-Snake]

I'm ashamed to admit that I'm probably one of those people that would freak out at the mere sight of a bee inside a building. I don't like bees, wasps, hornets, anything with a pointy harpoon sticking out of its butt. Once when I was in the tenth grade, a wasp got in the history classroom on the wall next to me. I was inching and inching myself away from the wall until the person whom I was sharing the desk with asked me to scoot over back to my side. The teacher saw me staring at the wasp, and being the funny guy he is, told me that the wasp had his stinger surgically removed. Usually I would have laughed, but this was the day before I was scheduled for major surgery so that didn't help a bit.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I've only been stung once, I was seven and sitting on the grass with my friend waiting for the mailman who was down the street. Ran screaming in to my mommy

[Bright_Star]

IF you generally leave a bee alone it won't mess with you. NOW if you keep trying to hit it then it'll get pissed off & sting your sorry ass...lol.

[Tria]

IF you generally leave a bee alone it won't mess with you. NOW if you keep trying to hit it then it'll get pissed off & sting your sorry ass...lol.

Yeah, but how is it my fault if it lands on the back on my knee and then I try to sit down?

[Will-Mun]

Yes, 90% of humans will act like this. It's that small primal part of our brain kicking in. That natural born instinct back when we were just barely beyond monkey. Bee's can kill in the right circumstance, so we developed a natural instict to FREAK THE FUG OUT when we see one.

[Catwoman2965]

I have a freind who is allergic to bees, and whenever she sees one, does what I refer to as the "bee flail". This means she jumps up screaming, flailing her arms, and running in circles, shrieking "get it away from me!" I've told her any number of times if she would stay calm, and ignroe it, her chances of being stung are much less, but she still won't listen to me.

So far she hasn't been stung, but someday her luck will run out. It's actually quite funny to see her in full bee flail mode, but i can understand her fear of being stung.

[myswtghst]

We went swimming last weekend in a friend's pool. The house is out in the woods, and the cicadas were out in full force. Even knowing that they're harmless, me and my female friend still didn't want to touch them, and made the boys get them out of the pool.

Later on when a dead mouse floated out of the filter though, I had to take care of that. Shows what you get for having a degree in zoology.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Bees generally don't want to sting you.

Except wasps. They generally want to.

Growing up in a forest full of honey bee boxes, yeah. I've been stung a few times. In fact, I've been stung by so many honey bees in the course of my existance that they hardly even bother me. They won't really sting you unless they think you are a threat. And even then, they can only sting you once.

I'm not talking wasps. I'm talking honey bees. If I were talking wasps, I'd be going "OH, CRAP! NOT FRIGGING WASPS!"

Wasps hurt. And they can sting you as many times as they want to. And they want to sting you many, many times.

I've walked through clouds of honey bees. If you are not afraid and remain calm, you probably won't get stung. Same with bumblebees.

[MadMike]

I'm not allergic, just scared of being stung. It hurts.

My best friend, on the other hand is deathly allergic. Last time she got stung, she barely made it back into the house to inject herself before it was too late. She said she could already feel her throat closing up. And afterwards, she felt nauseous for days.

My dad, on the other hand, is nuts. He is allergic, and he'll kill them with his bare hands.

[Catwoman2965]

I had wasps under the siding of the house where my last apt was, and thanks to my CHEAP, STINGY landlord, i had them in my apt for weeks on end...

I'm very lucky i never got stung, but i must have killed hundreds of them...i got really good at smacking them with the flyswatter.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The last time I got stung by a wasp (correction: a yellow jacket), the damn thing got into my shoe. I put my shoes on to take a bike ride and before long felt a stabbing pain in my toe. I took my shoe off to see the dead yellow-jacket inside.

Years ago my sister went to go sunbathing on our balcony porch, and there was a yellow-jacket nest close by. The fucking things stung her close to 20 times, and me and my parents also got stings trying to get her out of there.

Also, my grandmother nearly died from a sting. She would have had my grandfather not found her epinephrine and rushed her to the hospital. She is very allergic to insect stings.

As you can probably tell I am none to fond of yellow jackets and bees and get a bit apprehensive when I see them near me. Allergies are something that can just develop suddenly even if you weren't allergic before. The pain's enough but I don't want my life to end too early....