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twodogsbarking

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19. More than once. They got up my pant legs once and were stinging. Took pants off at olympic speed.

Reply to George McGovern (Reply #16)

Sat May 30, 2026, 12:33 PM

22 hrs ago

Will bite on the hands too. An entire hive of moving honey bees rammed us once while baling hay. Only got one sting but thousands were bumping into us. Stay well.

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More than once. They got up my pant legs once and were stinging. Took pants off at olympic speed. twodogsbarking 22 hrs ago #19

WhoaWow - Bad experience! Pissed off stingers for sure. So, if there were an Olympics for pants-off, you'd have won it! George McGovern 20 hrs ago #20

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