My advice is that it's always good to become a strong cyclist by yourself anywhere on the road --bike handling skills, traffic and doing hills. Dearie was about half a km. cycling away when I got stung. Thank goodness there were little traffic, so that he could hear me yell out in panic. We were also cycling in an area that was completely new to me..and he had the map. I didn't. When it happened, it was at approx. 30 km. into our 95 km. bike trip. But I was ok that whole day. Very little swelling.

Cycling up a hill, half-blinded by a bee struggling and stuck between glasses and face is a terrifying experience.

Today 2 days later, my eye is half size of my good eye and swollen. I hope to see my doctor (or any doctor in their practice). Cycling to work now (thankfully not far), means tipping my head up more, in order for me to see properly ahead with a swollen eye.