In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 05 May 2013 19:55:35 +0100, Spider wrote:

Well, yes, education would be the right way to go about it. I've tried
no end of times trying to suggest bees are generally harmless. I
usually get the "But they always sting me" type answer.

Do you then ask how many times they have *actually* been stung? More
often than not the answere to that direct question is "never" or "er I
think a couple of times". Their fear of being stung is not supported by
the facts...

Or the standard Q&A:

Q. How do you know that it was a bee that stung you?

A.1 Because it was yellow and black.

A.2 I didn't see it, but it stung me, therefore it was a bee.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.