bmc! I can just hear your grandaddy saying "you girls stink pretty" in a fine southern drawl...

I'm allergic as well. I need to see the allergist to get an epi pen. I've been lucky so far- but I shouldn't jinx it!
I did almost run into a swarm of bee's a year ago tho. That was pretty scary! There was a lady that almost died not far from here from a swarm. She walked out of her house to get in her car and they swarmed and attacked her. She couldn't get away. And it wasn't like she lived in the middle of nowhere- your average subdivison in the burbs!

My biggest issue out here is ants. Apparently they have the same type of venom as a bee (or at least the AZ ants do), so I get the same reaction. very scary. Tongue swells, throat tightens, neck tightens, wave of chills from head to toe.. Not something to mess with.
I find that the AZ ants love green grass, so I stay away from it. Our landscape around the house is all desert landscape (rocks and bushes) for that reason alone.