Stinger in Eyeball

[Salvo]

Hi Folks,

A 55 year-old Philadelphia man was nearly blinded after a bee stinger got lodged in his eyeball and had to be forcibly removed with tweezers.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13600621/doctor-remove-bee-stinger-philadelphia-man-eyeball-vision.html

A mere splinter,... apparently NOT a honeybee. No BARBS!

Sal

[The15thMember]

Agreed, most certainly not a honey bee stinger.  And yet, the article spews all that typical information about barbed stingers (in spite of the photographs!) and the bees dying after they sting.  Because as usual, according to the mainstream media, the only bees are honey bees, and the only things that sting are honey bees.   

[Ben Framed]

I heard a report a couple of days ago about a sting to the eyeball. The person thought they got the stinger out and apparently got most of it out work the aid of an assistant, but unknowingly to the person who helped get it out a fraction was left behind and had to be medically removed: Must have been a different report.

Each time I hear of a sting to the eyeball itself, I think of TheHoneyPump who described his experience to viewing through a kaleidoscope.

Phillip

[Kathyp]

it is potentially very dangerous.  One of the reasons I always cringe when I see people handling hives without eye protection. 

[Ben Framed]

Me too Reagan. After I got accustomed to handling my bees I finally relaxed enough to >not< use a veil when working bees (on the days they seemed to be mostly in a docile mood). I would occasional receive a sting to the face area. But when TheHoneyPunp told of his eyeball sting, that did it for me . 😊

Phillip.

[beesnweeds]

Sometimes I wear a veil sometimes I dont.  You get to know your bees.  Life is dangerous and getting stung in the eyeball is the least of my worries.

[Kathyp]

Life is dangerous and getting stung in the eyeball is the least of my worries.

That's true, but one of the first things I was taught in my choice of risky careers and hobbies was that you mitigate the risk to the extent you can.   

[Michael Bush]

I pulled dozens of stingers out of my gloves this last weekend.  None looked like that picture.