Talking about "Bee" stings, Ed, I just had a nasty reaction to a small black wasp sting - inside my ear while on a quad, few weeks ago while looking for elk tracks in the Ft. St. John area.

Face swelled up - cauliflower ear - skin hot and hard to the touch. The antibiotics & tylenol at emerg. & afterwards settled my 100F fever, along with an antihistamine to reduce swelling. When the swelling settled, the skin peeled off like a bad sun burn - big patches of skin flaking off- 1/2" in diameter.

That was one weird re-action & makes me wonder how serious it could have been without the hospital and medication to control it.