I had a few run ins with bee's while flying.

The first time was pretty funny after the fact. I was running a bottle knock over event at a helicopter fun fly. A guy that was doing the event finished his round and we were waiting for the next contestant. He asked If I wanted to have a go at it with his machine and I figured why not. I was almost done with the last bottle when a bee flew right into the side of my glasses. It was basically trapped between my eye and my glasses playing a game of pinball. Helicopter took a few wild moves, but I was able to get the glasses off without getting stung.

Another time we were flying at our regular spot. One of the guys went to hover his helicopter over some weeds. The next thing we knew there was about a billion bee's flying out of the weeds trying to get away from all the smoke. I kid you not, it was like something out of a horror movie. The sky was dark with bees. We were all damn lucky that day. The bees only wanted to get away from all the smoke. Had they been in attack mode, I have no doubt someone would have died.

The last one was no fun either. I was at a funfly. I went to take a sip off of my drink and a damn bee had flown in to the can. I took a sip and it stung me on my bottom lip. Damn thing hurt so bad it brought tears to my eyes. My bottom lip swelled up about the size of my forarm. Lucky thing I didnt swallow the bee and get stung in my mouth or throat. My lip hurt like hell for two days.


Mike