Let's deal with a topic that most beekeepers do not think about ...
If you are a hobby beekeeper or a professional beekeeper, it means that bees have to sting you for any part of the body if you do not protect yourself. It's a fact. However, as you spend more and more time with bees, you will have more experience when to work with them and when to avoid them.
The swelling from bee stings is a little painful at the beginning, but over time you will give less and less importance and over time you will not react anymore.
Swelling, itching, redness and pain is a normal reaction of the body, unless you are allergic to it. If you are allergic to the poison, it means that you belong to the group of 1% of people in the world who are bothered by bee stings and can be fatal for life. For them, every sting can be fatal ...
My grandfather was allergic to bee stings. He bit his finger, his whole hand swelled, and my grandmother put them in socks ... she says it's good for rheumatism when they bite her.