on a related/unrelated note - i was swarmed by bees yesterday. it sucked ass.
my uncle and i were out with his 2 dogs and tyson in the woods, and just walking along the path. i had a sweatshirt on, and the sleeves were about a quarter-way down my hands. all of a sudden i feel something \'bite\' me under my right sleeve (i thought it was a horsefly), and i was like, "ah, sonofabitch!". i pulled back my sleeve to see a bee stuck to the bottom of my thumb, and as i\'m doing that, i get stung on my left hand. "WHAT THE FUCK?!"
it all happened so fast, but i heard my uncle yell "NEST", and i took off my sweatshirt and started swinging it around in the air as we sprinted back the way we came from. seemed like they were following us for a while too. we finally got to a "safe" spot, and assessed the damage. my uncle got stung 4-5 times on his arm, and it looked like the dogs got stung a few times as well (though it didn\'t look like tyson did). we went right back to the house for some benedryl (for us and the dogs).
my uncle\'s gun fell out of his pants while we were running, so we had to go back in and get it. i also lost tyson\'s leash (it wasn\'t on him). we waited a little while for the bees to calm down, and headed back in (which i dreaded). we started walking really slow when we got near, and he grabbed his gun. i couldn\'t see the leash anywhere, but i did see the "nest" - a hole in the ground on the edge of the path, and TONS of bees diving in and out of it. after looking at it from a distance for a few seconds, i thought i saw a couple coming our way, and we sprinted the fuck away again.
it sucked. really ruined a nice walk in the woods with the dogs.