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That kind of experience would likely put a lump in my shorts! Glad you made it out with only a few stings. One thing to keep in mind is that bees are attracted to the scent released by an injured bee (crushed, swatted, or one that had it's guts ripped out after hooking it's stinger in "man flesh"). More importantly, scent chemicals that signal the alarm to fellow bees are released by the stinger. Once stung, you're a marked man. When you run, run downwind if at all possible. That makes it harder for the angry swarm to track you. Here's a quote from wikipedia on bee stings: "The sting's injection of apitoxin into the victim is accompanied by the release of alarm pheromones, a process which is accelerated if the bee is fatally injured. Release of alarm pheromones near a hive may attract other bees to the location, where they will likewise exhibit defensive behaviors until there is no longer a threat, typically because the victim has either fled or been killed. (Note: A bee swarm, seen as a mass of bees flying or clumped together, is generally not hostile; it has deserted its hive and has no comb or young to defend.) These pheromones do not dissipate or wash off quickly, and if their target enters water, bees will resume their attack as soon as it leaves the water. The alarm pheromone emitted when a bee stings another animal smells like bananas." Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_sting That said, you should probably avoid taking bananas with you when you go detecting... Just in case.

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