To bee, or not to bee. What is the strangest location you have been stung by a bee/wasp while riding?

krink said:
OK, so there’s some weird ass juju in here. I was in my garage this evening waxing chains. ( yes, no part of the story is made up.).
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I squat down to put another clean chain in the crockpot, and as I push my hands on my thighs to stand back up, I feel a buzzing under my right hand and get stung by some big ass insect on the palm of my hand. I flinch and it flies away so I didn’t get a good look. But it was able to fly. I haven’t been stung by any insects since high school. WT actual F.
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It was just admiring the operation and didnt want to get crushed.
 
While riding I’ve been stung in the lip, legs, head, and worst was the butt. Never had any reactions.

I was riding up a climb in Allamuchy once and tipped over a rock and fell on top of a yellow jackets nest. I got stung 4 or 5 times. The big problem was that the bike was still over the nest after I ran from the bees. I had to grab a 20’ long stick and drag my bike away in order to not get stung any further.

I was cleaning a gutter once and got stung in the pinky and it swelled up to my elbow. I had a club for a hand for a few weeks. That was odd.
 
I remember the start of the Kittatiny race years ago being right on top of a nest and everyone running around getting stung.
I also remember cutting the Switchback trail at Allaire years ago and someone laying a shovel right into a wasp nest.
Good times...
 
I have been stung under my helmet 4 times but the worst was I was on a road ride with a loose fit jersey when a yellow jacket flew up my sleeve and started stinging my arm pit. Focker got me 6-7 times before I could stop and pull off my jersey. My arm was numb for the rest of the day.
 
scott62 said:
I have been stung under my helmet 4 times but the worst was I was on a road ride with a loose fit jersey when a yellow jacket flew up my sleeve and started stinging my arm pit. Focker got me 6-7 times before I could stop and pull off my jersey. My arm was numb for the rest of the day.
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Reminder that yellow jackets are the a-holes of the stinging world.
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scott62 said:
I have been stung under my helmet 4 times but the worst was I was on a road ride with a loose fit jersey when a yellow jacket flew up my sleeve and started stinging my arm pit. Focker got me 6-7 times before I could stop and pull off my jersey. My arm was numb for the rest of the day.
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Thats next level... ride into oncoming traffic to make it stop level freak out worthy there
 
So happy I can contribute to this thread now. I was just stung by what appeared to be a yellowjacket on the lymph node on my neck. Currently have ice on it. First sting by a flying insect in over 15 years, so here’s to hoping for another 15 more….years of being clean.
 
Well that’s ironic ^^

Because somewhere a few posts back I jinxed myself about how I haven’t been stung.

Todays road ride I was at mile 20 of 70 to meet at my friends house and got stung on the left side of my neck by something.

Lucky I was around the corner so I got a small bag of ice cubes from him
and kept holding it on my neck when it was safe to do so. The problem was it was like near my artery and I kept getting a brain freeze. So yeah did 50 more miles powered by bee venom or whatever stung me.

Got home showered and used some benadrul
Cooling gel which did nothing.

It’s been about 10 hours since it happened and it went from feeling like a bad razor burn cut that someone kept putting rubbing alcohol on to a little annoying burning feeling.

So lucky and glad I am not allergic.
 
got hit on my left ring finger today inside edge if making a fist, not sure how in the <1/2 second he was in contact with me as he bounced by, but ouch did it catch my attention.
 
I got stung just above my right knee on Friday cruising along the Columbia trail. My last yellowjacket experience put me in the hospital, so it was pretty unnerving, but somehow had zero allergic response this time. There's still some local swelling, but otherwise completely fine. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I'll take it and hope that I don't get stung again in the near future.
 
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