Killer Bees

I have had some of the craziest experiences of anyone you have ever met. I am a reformed adrenaline junkie to start. But I would like to tell of the time I got swarmed by Killer Bees. That is right Killer Bees. This happened when I was on my mission in Tucson Arizona. I was living in a small town in New Mexico called Verden. I lived in the side house on a cotton and corn farm.

The week before Brother Lunt was on his tractor spraying the corn for bugs. And in an old fallen oak tree bee’s had made their home in the trunk. All bees in Arizona are Africanized. When the tractor drove by the vibrations it was letting off disturbed them and they went and swarmed him. Brother Lunt is 83; he almost died and was hospitalized for a few days, and almost died. A week later when her recovered. He got in a bee suit then climbed into his Bobcat.

I and my mission companion just got home for lunch. We parked out by the machine shop and walked about 150 feet. I heard the Bobcat and tuned to wave to Brother Lunt. He had the log with the bee hive in its arms and the bees were mad.

He says, “Boys, there is bee’s all around me.” I always thought I could keep my cool in any situation. Well bee’s swarming you will always make you freak out. I started running in circles while waving my hands in the air. I was screaming while more bees were swarming around me. After about 20 seconds of this I then realized I needed to get cover. I looked at my house and thought that is it. Its closer then the irrigation ditch. So I ran for the front door.

Right as I took my first step a bee stung me on the forehead. I ran inside and shut the door. I got a couple of cards out and pulled out the stinger. My companion sat in the truck for a minute tell the bees went away. We thought it was all fine because I have no reaction to the bees and no swelling happened.

Well the next day I was speaking at church. With all the facial movements the venom started to react to my face. So as I was speaking me eye swelled shut. It took like 2 minutes. So everyone was looking at me and thought me and my companion had gotten in a fight. I could take him. But I had to clear that up because I didn’t want everyone to think we fought when we were actually best friends.

If you get swarmed by bee’s remember you will freak out.