Well, I have been waiting for some response - for lack of it, I will now post this:
As I said before, bee-protection garments have not been invented just for the heck of it? They are there for a reason - so, one should use them. . . . .
Bees are known to go for the eyes and for tender spots around mouth and nose. They very seldom go for more tougher parts of the body, unless they are in a attacking frenzy. Even when they sting one's hands - they prefer the area between the fingers - right?
Bees have through millions of years learned, how to quickly immobilize their attackers, like bears, raccoons, etc... Perhaps through pure logic, they learned that eyes are the primary targets to aim for!
Believe me, you don't want to get stung in a eyeball ! ! !
Regards,
Trot
Good to know:
A wasp sting is relatively mild in comparison to the sting of a bee. Although wasp can sting repeatedly, bee stinger is there to stay and will keep pumping venom into the unlucky recipient. . . . . (eye!)
Wasp Sting on the Eyeball.
Choe GY, Chi KU.
Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
The authors presented two cases of wasp sting on the eyeball. In the first case the ocluar involvements following the sting of wasp on the central cornea were desquamation of the central corneal epithelium, striated keratitis, bullous keratitis, conneal edema, stromal staining by fluorescein dye to the depth of about two thirds of the cornea, auterior polar cataract, irreversible depigmentation of the iris, stromal atrophy of the iris mydrasis which did not respond even to repeated instillations of eserine. Corneal lesions led to dystrophic changes later.
The second case showed thick cortical cataract, progressive decrease of intraocular pressure and complete blindness without significant corneal and iris involvements following wasp sting on the medial bulbar conjunctiva. The cause of the complete blindness and the progressive decrease of intraocular pressure is unexplainable but it may be a direct effect of venom onto the optic nerve and the ciliary body.
