[olbapablo]

Just thought i'd share a kind of funny/interesting story that happened to me 2 days ago.

i'm going to take my bike in for 4,000 mile service, and on the way going about 50 a bee hits me in the neck under the helmet but above the jacket. it managed to sting me in the process and then fell into my jacket... i could hear it buzzing around...

so i have to pull off the road, tear my gloves off and try to pull out the stinger... the cars around me probbaly thought i was a freak doing my little "THERE'S A F'ING BEE IN MY JACKET" dance on my bike! :willy:

My friend said he got one in the helmet once, i was just wondering about insect stories.

 

[DLIT]

I had a sweat bee in my jacket. the sting doesn't really hurt but it annoys you. It was in my sleeve and stung my elbow like 9 times. They don't have stingers so I didn't have to worry about that.

 

[jeeps84]

The pesky bugs can be a pain. I think we all have some if not numerous stories on this subject.

I had a Yellow Jacket Bee hit me in the neck. :yikes: Not good. I'm allergic to them.

 

[Gas Man]

Ya we have talked about this many times... it sucks! :rant:

 

[IG.]

I had a few encounters with those buggers. I even made a screen from some thin cloth and velcroed it to the lower part of the helmet in the front - it looks like beard - to protect against the buggers.

What I learned from my encounters was that there is no need to panic. Just keep your lips tight, breath slowly through the nose, squint like you are looking straight at the sun, and try to hold your body as still as possible.

it's interesting, but our natural reflex to "shake the thing off and get rid of it" actually works against us. A bee is not gonna sting just because it's there. It's going to sting if it feels attacked.

If it's under the helmet around your face, opening the visor while at speed, gently blows the thing off (that helped me once).

All in all, never a pleasant experience. But, in all my encounters - probably 2 - 3 over a period of 5 years, I was never stung.

 

[jeeps84]

All in all, never a pleasant experience. But, in all my encounters - probably 2 - 3 over a period of 5 years, I was never stung.

Thats lucky!

 

[jetskifast]

Two times on freeway have had bee's hit my jacket then bounce into my helmet face shield :yikes:
Both times could see bee didnot know if they where alive or dead. Both times pulled right over and pulled helmet off, bee's died on impact to jacket

 

[Gas Man]

IG you're right... but that's hard to do especially when you're riding at 80+...

 

[snadamo]

I get the "Mass attack" of bugs on the visor usually. Although, once a bee hit the visor dead center. Needless to say, thay make a big SPLAT. His a$$ was stuck in my air vent. I had to shake it out when I got home.