ChrisBiggsUK Posted March 22 Posted March 22 I'm quite allergic to bees. This is not normally an issue, but around this time of year, when bumblebees start emerging and encroaching upon our fair homes, I must be ever vigilant lest I find myself suddenly trapped in a room with a bee. Which just happened! I didn't panic though. Instead, I took advantage of my new motorcycling hobby and threw my jacket and gloves on, donned my helmet, visor down, and carried on reading my book in the conservatory in peace while the idiotic bumblebee bumbled around for several minutes, constantly missing the wide open windows and wide open door, instead flying head first into frosted windows, before finally leaving the conservatory and bumbling on its merry way and leaving me none the worse for wear. Motorcycling is great! I'm now impervious to bees! 8 Quote
Simon Davey Posted March 22 Posted March 22 That picture in my mind will keep me chuckling all evening Cheers Chris 2 Quote
RideWithStyles Posted March 22 Posted March 22 Shouldnt that be 1-1, nobody died, nobody got injured, everyone went on their merry way… 1 Quote
ChrisBiggsUK Posted March 22 Author Posted March 22 13 minutes ago, RideWithStyles said: Shouldnt that be 1-1, nobody died, nobody got injured, everyone went on their merry way… That bumblebee totally wanted to kill me to death in the face and it failed to do so due to my quick thinking. So no. No points for the stupid, fat, fluffy bumblebee of doom! 2 Quote
bud Posted March 22 Posted March 22 (edited) I had an allergic reaction to a bee sting and nearly died. It was a close thing. Even had the out of body experience. But funny enough I was working on the bike in the shed today. When the first one of the year came in for a nosey. We have an agreement. I leave them alone. They leave me alone. They are nice to see buzzing about in an almost absurd way. Edited March 22 by bud 3 Quote
ChrisBiggsUK Posted March 22 Author Posted March 22 14 minutes ago, bud said: I had an allergic reaction to a bee sting and nearly died. It was a close thing. Even had the out of body experience. But funny enough I was working on the bike in the shed today. When the first one of the year came in for a nosey. We have an agreement. I leave them alone. They leave me alone. They are nice to see buzzing about in an almost absurd way. I've had a couple of near misses with bees. Bumblebees are pretty harmless. I mean, not if they actually sting me, but the likelihood of one of those doped out over-sized flying spicy sugar puffs is low compared to, say, a honey bee. Honey bees are just slightly more civilised wasps. Funnily enough, one of our Dogs has a tendency to bring me bees he has valiantly 'protected' me from. He will bring them in, spit them out at my feet and then just sit there wagging his tail with a gormless grin on his face. The other Dog however ignores all flying things except for butterflies. For some reason he has an absurd hatred for butterflies and will try to kill any butterfly he sees. Bees? Nope. Wasps? Nope. Houseflies. Nope. Moths? Nope. Butterflies? They are clearly an existential threat and must be destroyed on sight. If science ever develops a way of us talking to Dogs, I want to know exactly what it is that vexes him so about Butterflies. 3 1 Quote
V650 Posted March 23 Posted March 23 I don't mind Bee's But I hate Wasp's those gits will sting you for nothing 3 Quote
ChrisBiggsUK Posted March 23 Author Posted March 23 5 hours ago, V650 said: I don't mind Bee's But I hate Wasp's those gits will sting you for nothing Wasps are the chavs of the insect world. 1 Quote
Bender Posted March 23 Posted March 23 Def 1-0 and made me and the wife laugh. The wife has a completely irrational fear of the little buggers and no matter what I say she invariably goes into a blind panic with the usual outcome of getting stung. Last time was in turkey with a particularly large bugger, it landed on her in bed, don't move I said, nope she leapt out of bed fell over, trapped the poor bugger in the process leaving it no other options other than stinging her and so it did, no helping some folk. 4 Quote
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