It's all in your head.

Apr 19, 2020 20:33


July 2nd, 2009 -- In the rolling golden hills of Riverside County, California, my boss parks the pick-up truck in the middle of a large square of which rows of beehives make three sides. Upon opening the door the oven-like heat of Riverside County immediately hits us. I stretch after the long car ride, but one doesn't want to look idle for more ( Read more... )

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zhelana April 19 2020, 20:00:17 UTC
AHHHH! Worst nightmare!

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bleodswean April 19 2020, 21:37:31 UTC
LOL. Well written antecdote! Sorry about all the stings, tho!

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d0gs April 19 2020, 23:31:15 UTC
I'm so sorry you had this experience!! *hugs*

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29septembre April 20 2020, 00:46:14 UTC
that was horrifying.

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richaarde April 20 2020, 01:17:24 UTC
Ack! There is no way I'd be able to keep my cool if that happened to me.

I got stung by three bees at once when I was five, when our family went to Poland to visit my grandparents. My grandfather used to keep bees as a hobby, and made honey.

Then when I was 12 we went again, and I got stung again. I got stung in the forehead, which made my forehead swell. My parents told me that the swelling changed the profile of my head enough to make me look like a different person. It didn't look like obvious swelling, it just made me look like a different person.

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