When I was very young I had a nanny that could catch bees and remove the sting to make them harmless and let me play with them before they died. When she left no matter how many times I got stung trying to play with bees I would respond to my mum's warnings with "Bees are not bad! They are my friends, only that one was a mean one!". It took nine bee stings to enlighten me and sixteen years later I'm still alergic!
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I used to think that bees and wasps only stung people on the ears.Anon
- I used to believe that if the queen died we would all die too. I think it had somthing to do with bees.— Darrell
- When I was younger I asked my parents:
"If bees make honey, do flys make marmalade?"— Mike - My daughter believed that as bees made honey, ants must make marmite.— Linda
- i used to think honey came from smashed up bees— Sabrina
My friend used to believe that bees made honey and jam.
— julia