TV's Frink said:
True story: I've never been stung by a bee...ever. And as such, I'm deathly afraid of bees. That which we haven't experienced only makes us more cowardly.
It's sort of a running anecdote with beekeepers that the anticipation of a sting is way worse than actual sting. It feels about like getting an IV put in your arm.
The headachey part is that after you get stung, that pheromone stays at the site and other bees will try to sting in the same spot. Bees that otherwise wouldn't have even been interested in bothering you.
That's why all my stings were ganged up in the same four areas. In fact, when I went out Sunday to check on the colony and move some of the stragglers, they were very interested in the spot on my left glove where I'd been stung several times the day before.