Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
We had some super-aggressive bees set up by our garden last year. They built their nest in a railroad tie that was being used as a wall for the tomato bed. I didn't even know they were there until I mowed too close and they went ballistic. Got a really fantastic sting right on my temple—hurt so bad I wasn't sure it was even a bee. I'd never had a sting hurt like that in my life.

Unfortunately I didn't know about legal flamethrowers last summer, so poison did the trick.
I had a similar problem once. Unfortunately the "Painted Turtle Farm" staff (sustainable garden run by students here at Gettysburg) forgot that there was a yellowjacket nest in one of their beds and asked me to turn it over. I got stung between four to five times, once on my right hand. That bugger really swelled up for several days.