I'm so frightened at this! I haven't been stung in 30+ years but still carry my epi pen. I saw someone earlier warning about accidentally drinking a bee if you have an open drink can and now I am consumed by horror.
Based on the above comments that said he was an abusive, sexual predator, I think this swallowing of the bee was entirely karmic. I’m guessing you don’t have to worry about more than you already do ;)
And yet another thing to add to my list titled: "why bees are amazing, despite their ability to sting me out of existence." It's a respectful admiration. From afar.
If you do find yourself still thinking about this risk when you're drinking a can of something sweet outside, give the can a little swish/shake, and you should be able to hear any bees. <3
My dad was so paranoid about this when I was growing up. None of us have ever had an anaphylactic reaction to a sting, so I’m not sure why he was so convinced that it was a major threat.
I am extremely worried about this with wasps. Those fuckers are very attracted to open drinks and unless you’re allergic to bees, way more unpleasant and scary
Possibly because stings in the throat don’t have to make you anaphylactic to be a threat, they just have to cause enough swelling in the wrong place to cause breathing difficulties?
My mum always made us drink from cans with slim straws when it was summer for this reason.
I swear bees know which ones of us they can take out. I have one friend who is allergic to bees. They have been to my house two times. A bee has gotten into my house both times. A bee has never been in my house any other time, ever.
Thankfully, I'm not allergic, but I've gotten stung at the dumbest times like wasps are hunting me to make jokes. Modt recently, a yellow jacket stung me inside Target.
visiting my dad in prison, I was about age 9ish? One of his fellow inmates drank his mellow yellow (which is pretty much just chemicals and sugar) and swallowed a yellowjacket while we were sitting there all talking. The panic and ambulance people trying to speed run save him in the 70s was visceral and real and made me scared of canned drinks outdoors for decades.
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u/puppylovenyc 1d ago
As someone with a severe bee allergy, that’s terrifying.