One bee sting to the forehead....(July 8-11, 2024)

 I've had dozens of bee stings in our 5 years as beekeepers. Anywhere else on the body, the stings are barely worse than mosquito bites. But one sting to the face, and the eyes swell. 

The hives were mad as hornets when we took the girls sugar water on July 8. See all the stingers in my gloves? Somehow, about four bees got under my veil. One of them stung me before I could mush (sorry!) them all while running down the dirt road to get away.

The miracle of healing. All good again on July 11.