The Cellar - View Single Post - September 4, 2011 Another Kind of Bee Man

CaliforniaMama · 09-04-2011, 08:09 AM

Schmidt likes to sting himself. He does it so he can rate the level of resulting pain. From this experience, he created the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. He rates the stings of hymenoptra on a scale of one to four.

1.0 Sweat Bee
1.2 Fire Ant
1.8 Acacia Ant
2.0 Black Faced Hornet
2.0 Yellowjacket (US) or Wasp (Europe)
2.0 Honey Bee
2.0 European Hornet
3.0 Red Harvester Ant
3.0 Paper Wasp
4.0 Tarantula Hawk Wasp
4.0+ Bullet Ant

About the Bullet Ant's sting:
"Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail in your heel." "Wave upon wave of burning pain which will not reduce for over a day."

Do not try this at home.

09-04-2011, 08:09 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	September 4, 2011 Another Kind of Bee Man Schmidt likes to sting himself. He does it so he can rate the level of resulting pain. From this experience, he created the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. He rates the stings of hymenoptra on a scale of one to four. 1.0 Sweat Bee 1.2 Fire Ant 1.8 Acacia Ant 2.0 Black Faced Hornet 2.0 Yellowjacket (US) or Wasp (Europe) 2.0 Honey Bee 2.0 European Hornet 3.0 Red Harvester Ant 3.0 Paper Wasp 4.0 Tarantula Hawk Wasp 4.0+ Bullet Ant About the Bullet Ant's sting: "Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail in your heel." "Wave upon wave of burning pain which will not reduce for over a day." Do not try this at home.