On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:21:28 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>My mom is very allergic to bee stings and could quickly die
>without immediate attention. People like that should carry an
>EpiPen thing but she doesn't.
>
>All that said, bees (and even wasps) are very friendly.
>They only sting when they feel threatened. Treat them gently
>and you're safe.

We have wasps here that attack immediately when you get close to the
nest. And it's painful. Plus, they build their nests hanging off the
gutters or the barbed wire of the fence, so you're bound to walk past
sooner or later.

>Terry was changing the hives and got stung a few times but
>that's only because they felt threatened.

I guess they know him. <spit>

>Bees really are quite friendly creatures.
>
>Here's a good story about that:
>When my daughter was only about age 4-5, one day she was
>playing outside barefoot in the yard. Many clovers there
>and many bees. She stepped on a bee and it stung her.
>
>She ran inside crying and we fixed her up. Several minutes
>later, she came out of her bedroom wearing shoes and
>announced that she was going back outside to stomp on all
>the mean bees that she could find.
>
>That's when I got up and explained to her that bees are
>friendly. I took her outside and quickly found a honey bee
>on a clover. I put my finger right next to the clover and
>it started walking around on my hand.
>
>I took a finger from other hand and gently petted it.
>Daughter was freaking out. Then I convinced her to
>pet it herself (very gently) and she did. She couldn't
>believe that it didn't sting me.

You must have found the one retarded bee in the garden.

>Then I left it walking around on my hand until it finally flew
>off to another clover. Good lesson for her, I thought. That
>other bee only stung you because you stepped on it.
>
>All of God's creatures should be respected and more
>importantly understood.

But we do slaughter them and stick them in our pie holes.