I was attached multiple times by a huge hornet. I was walking under an area of construction in late October, when I suddenly felt horrible burning on my back under my sweater. I put my hand back there, and it got my hand, too.
Just as I was turning to look, and wondering if somehow a welder’s debris had fallen on me, I saw this huge BUG flying away.
It had gotten under my sweater, probably attracted by perfume, which in those days was still made from real flowers.
I happened to be on my way to the chiropractor, and he dabbed me all over with baking soda paste. I was fine; but I never wore that perfume again until the dead of Winter.
I know a man who wound up almost dead when attacked by bees from a hive. His throat was closing up, and the medics got there just in time. He didn’t even know he was allergic.