Hope you feel better soon, John
--- Noturus2-in-aol.com wrote:
> I was out collecting fish this past Tuesday about 7
> miles south of South
> Bay, Florida. It was off Rt 27 sugar cane country.
> There are irrigation ditches
> alongside the fields of sugar cane. Driving along
> the ditches looked weedy and
> I thought a good collecting opportunity.
> I pulled off the highway got out my net and some
> breathing bags just in case
> I caught something interesting.
> I began dipping and caught a few Mayan cichlids,
> Lucania goodei and
> gambusia. Up ahead the ditch looked better so I
> began to move up the bank. There
> was an old rubber truck tire that I hit with my
> foot. Almost immediately a
> swarm of bees came up out of the tire targeting my
> ears and neck. I scrambled up
> the bank screaming all the way, got to my car which
> of course I had locked. I
> fumbled for my keys and got in. Lots of bees in the
> car and plenty more
> outside. I scraped what I could off and drove a ways
> away and opened the windows
> to let out most of the bees. I kept finding one in
> my shirt one in my shorts
> etc.
> Almost at once my lips and ears began to swell. I
> had some water in the car
> and washed off where most of the stings were. I also
> had some Aleve with me
> and took a couple. I picked stings out of me for
> about 20 miles down the road.
> I'm not allergic but was thankful I survived the
> attack.
> All in all a pretty horrific event. I looked at some
> bee sites on the
> Internet and am sure that these were africanized
> honey bees.
> Andy Borgia
> Key West, Fl
>
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