Re: [Paddlewise] Bee Survival

From: ralph diaz <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 10:03:32 -0800
superiorvisions_at_att.net wrote:
> 
> Hello Paddlewisers,
> 
> I was wondering if the bee survived after encountering
> Ralph. Or did one your steps following the sting include
> playing sqaush the bee?
> 
> Good Paddling,
> 
> Don Dimond
> Owner of Superior Visions Sea Kayaking School

Someone through back channels informed me that the bee mostly likely
died as its stinger would have been ripped out of its stomach.  The
suggestion was that the humane thing to have done was to squash the poor
thing, which I didn't.

I also heard back channel from someone else on this listserve that she
had the identical accident with her sandals, i.e. a bee flow in under
her uplifted toes in that part of the stride and stung her on her
next-to-big-toe (my bee got my big toe).  

ralph
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