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[Biciclista]

I didn't get a bee in my bonnet!

no, what i got was a yellowjacket who thwacked right into my forehead. Then he crawled onto the bridge of my glasses. At this point, i grabbed my glasses and threw them on the grassy strip along the side of the road. End result?
No one got hurt. Then I stopped my bike turned around and picked up my sunglasses, none the worst for the wear.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Then I stopped my bike turned around and picked up my sunglasses, none the worst for the wear.

fast thinking, Mimi.

I got a bee in my helmet once while riding. Happily, it didn't sting me while I screeched to a halt and removed my helmet posthaste. I'll never forget that buzzing all over my scalp while riding 20 mph.

[Biciclista]

fast thinking, Mimi.

I got a bee in my helmet once while riding. Happily, it didn't sting me while I screeched to a halt and removed my helmet posthaste. I'll never forget that buzzing all over my scalp while riding 20 mph.

Talk about an adrenaline rush!

[OakLeaf]

Yikes.

When DH and I first started dating, I was riding my motorcycle one day, flipped up my visor at a stoplight and a bee flew in underneath my sunglasses. I tried to get it out of there, and it did fly away, but not before it stung the corner of my eye.

For the next week, wherever I went with DH, people would see my swollen eye and give him the dirtiest looks!

Just this Saturday, a sweat bee landed on my water bottle to try to suck up a little Heed. Naturally when I wanted a swig, it stung the inside of my lip. Luckily it was only a sweat bee... although I suppose if it was something bigger, I might have noticed it before I tried to take a drink, too!

[Biciclista]

are sweat bees little?
never heard of them. But ouch, that had to have hurt... both times!

[OakLeaf]

are sweat bees little? never heard of them.

Yeah, they're only like 6-7 mm long, and their sting isn't terribly bad, but it's enough! I didn't realize you don't have them on the West Coast. They get their name because they're attracted to sweat. They're not aggressive, but they will land all over your body, and then when you bend an elbow or knee, or move so that they're in between your clothes and your body, they'll sting.

[Biciclista]

Yeah, they're only like 6-7 mm long, and their sting isn't terribly bad, but it's enough! I didn't realize you don't have them on the West Coast. They get their name because they're attracted to sweat. They're not aggressive, but they will land all over your body, and then when you bend an elbow or knee, or move so that they're in between your clothes and your body, they'll sting.

EW, that's icky.
I'll tell you a secret: One of the best things about Seattle is that we have no horseflies, no deerflies, no bott flies, no sweat flies, no chiggers, no "no see'ems", no ticks and not many mosquitoes. There are roaches, but not many. Our car windshields do not need constant washing to remove bug carcasses. We do have hornets, yellow jackets, all sorts of wasps, bumblebees and ants. No fire ants.