Bees and wasps are programmed to home in on the ' fear pheremones' that you give off when frightenned. In this way they can more easily collectively defend themselves from intruders. As long as you were giving them off: it would see you as a threat, and attack. You were very unlucky with this one, they usually give up after half a mile or so.

Some of them have their nests in the ground, so how sure can you be that you didn't disturb one?

They react to fear, and they react to the breath that we exhale. When I have something like that after me, I hold my breath, or, breath in very slowly . . .while moving away from it *calmly*. Fast is OK as long as you stay *calm*, too.

By the way . . .

I take MSM immediately when stung to keep from swelling up and experiencing pain.

Coconut oil is excellent for lessening allergies, & is anti-inflammatory, too . . . among other things. (:

I have heard of this before. They are just horrible!

jump in a pool

I was out hiking with my niece for several hours when a bee/hornet started dive-bombing us. We hadn't stepped in a nest or anything like that, but this thing was p*ssed! I'm allergic to bee stings so I kept dodging it and running at short intervals. This bee/hornet followed us for 4KM! Why was it so obsessed with trying to sting us when we hadn't bothered it?

(I'm not sure whether it was a bee or hornet because it was very strange looking. It was large like a bee, but had a curved body like a wasp and the colouring of a hornet)