I used to keep bees. I worked with them most every day, and they were extremely gentle with me. I rarely used netting to protect my face and didn’t wear gloves.
One day I saw that a bear had knocked over three of my hives. I went down and picked up a hive to set it back up. They almost ate me alive. Stings all over my body.
The bees don’t give a damn it is was you or the bear, they are going to take it out on you, because the bear ain’t there.