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Ever since I was young, I've been absolutely horrified of bees. I'm pretty sure I have a phobia, because even when I just watch videos or see pictures of them, it makes me uncomfortable. The buzzing noise they make also puts me on edge. I've been stung before, and I'm not even allergic. I have no clue where this fear comes from.
Bees are capable of giving a nasty sting which is more painful than a wasp sting due to its composition (bee stings are acid, wasp stings are alkali)and swarming ones can be truly awful so it is perfectly normal to fear them. However, unlike wasps, bees only sting if provoked.
If you’re allergic to the toxin, you should be scared of them. Also, depending on where you live, Africanized bees are more aggressive and may chase you.
I live in the country. My neighbor across the way has probably fifty or sixty bee hives. The bees come over and drink water out of the bowl by chickens drink from. I put leaves and things in there because the bees will drown if they fall in. It gives them a way to get out. I try to keep it filled to the rim so they won't fall in.
I can go out there and add water to the bowl or dump it out and clean it, and the bees buzz around, but they don't sting. And, really, if you aren't allergic it's no big deal if the do sting. It hurts less than a paper wasp sting. I have plenty of those, too.
Bees are really pretty mellow.