One Honeybee Sting Landed Me in the Hospital

And it wasn’t from anaphylactic shock

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“What’s on your arm?” My son was watching me straighten up the cushions on our outdoor furniture.

“It’s just where I was stung,” I waved him off and kept going. I’d been stung near my knuckles by a honeybee the day before. As is typical for me, my hand was pretty swollen.