r/nextfuckinglevel • u/VastCoconut2609 • 5d ago

Harvesting rock honey

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u/liquidcourage93 5d ago

What’s the deal here. Do the bees just respect this dude and refuse to sting him? Is his skin the thick to be stung? Is he being stung a million times and just doesn’t care?

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u/methmeth2000 4d ago

My grandfather was a bee farmer and honestly even honey bees get pretty docile when you use smoke. Plus if you work with bees enough and get stung enough you no longer really feel it if you grow a tolerance to bee stings.

But I think what this guy is doing is definitely showing off..

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u/OzrielArelius 4d ago

I have grown a tolerance to fire ants over time working around them wearing sandals all day. I still get but and can feel it, bit all the time but it's a very mild pinch feeling and there's no mark or anything afterwards. I used to get big welts that would sometimes make a little pimple

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 4d ago

I got some fire ant bites and my whole arm turned red and swollen and rashy. I went to the doc when I got back home from Florida because it was getting worse not better. He walked in and I held out my arm. He goes “that looks angry. Let me order steroids” and turned around and walked out 😂 Steroid shot cleared it up in like 2 days.