When I get stung, I swell a little in that area, it lasts a couple days, then goes away. More of an inconvenience and/or annoyance than anything. I haven't really cared where I get stung, I just always say "not the eyes, anywhere but the eyes." Needless to say, it happened yesterday; in the eyelid above my left eye. No pain, but swollen shut and annoying all all get-out.
Due to some poor decisions when I was younger, I'm all but blind without my sunglasses. Not prescription, though the probably should. Nonetheless, I'm virtually always wearing pretty dark sunglasses.
When I'm out with the bees, I often take them off, but not always. I meant to, but never really did, pay attention to the bees reaction when I'm wearing them. It seemed that when I had them on, they would often go straight for my eyes. I had put thought into it, but sometimes just kind of figured that I only noticed they were doing it more because a bee would occasionally get "stuck" behind be glasses. I'd remove the glasses, it would fly away.
I'm very curious if any of you wear, or sometimes wear, sunglasses when working your bees and what their reaction is. Is it any different than when you're not wearing them? My theory is that they give the appearance of big black eyes like a bear might have, so the bees go into defense mode. Please share your thoughts on this.
Boy, oh boy, does it stink having an eye swollen shut.
