Don't step on the bumblebees


on Sunday, June, 08 2014 @ 10:33:15 pm (229 words)
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I was out in the front garden barefoot this afternoon talking on the telephone to a friend and examining my flowers. I felt pain in the sole of my foot and collapsed to the ground. I saw a bumblebee had attached its stinger to the sole of my foot. Not a good thing at all. I brushed the bumblebee off and, switched off my phone, and headed inside to treat the sting. The pain did not last long but my foot is slightly swollen in the arch area and it is rather sore.

I have a lot of clover in my front garden and I know the bumblebees come to feed on the blooms. I normally watch out for the bumblebees; especially if I am barefooted, so I don't step on one. However, I let my caution drop because I was engaged in conversation with someone. Bumblebees have a barbless stinger so they can sting more than once. I brushed the bumblebee away and it went on its way; normally bumblebees are harmless and when they are feeding they are no danger to one but stepping on them is another thing.

Bumblebees are on a decline across Europe, North America, South America and also in Asia according to a study by Mark Brown of the University of London. Bumblebees are an important pollinator so this is of some concern.


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