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Do bee stings feel like a shock?
I was at the pool today with my friends and we were about to jump in when I felt a pain like a shock (imagine putting your neck in a weird position and it kind of shocks you) in my left shoulder, left and and neck. A second later my other friend felt the same in her back, and then my other friend in her stomach. When I looked it left a small red mark but no stinger and I don't remember seeing or feeling a bug. Could it have been a bee? (I have never been stung before) Or could it be something else? Oh and the mark doesn't hurt or itch or anything like that.
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- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
A bee sting is similar to that of a wasp or hornet.
If you had been stung by a bee or a wasp you would really know about it, this sounds more like a bit of a prick from a fly of some sort maybe a horse fly, which are quite nasty, but generally short term.
People have different reactions to wasps and bee stings, the main difference is the reaction post sting, the level of swelling, how itchy it is, how long these symptoms last for.
if it had been a bee you would have seen it, when they sting they leave behind a needle and sac, which is part of the bee, as a result of stinging the bee dies, so not something it does for fun.
Wasps don't have a barb on the sting needle so can sting repeatedly, but you would have seen it.
Quite likely a horse fly
Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-fly - 9 years ago
It's probably a bite from an insect like a mosquito or a horse fly. Bee's leave they're stingers after they sting you.