I have never had a BB sting! Even when I weed whacked their nest. The yellowjackets have just popped out and they are everywhere! Those are the ones I worry about.
Thanks for the description of the sting. I hope I don't have to experience one, but we do have a lot of bumbles around here and a bunch of other types of natives.
I will chime in that nasty yellow jacket wasps will sting just to be pests. I myself and plenty of people I know have been stung by YJs just for being in the garden.
Yeah, we are hitting that time of year when the jackets are just in a bad mood all the time too. The later in the year, the less food they can find, and the more aggravated they become. I've got robbing screens on all my hives right now just as much to keep them out as honey bee robbers. The jackets are also a hassle when inspecting. I've seen some bald-faced hornets (which are actually a type of yellow jacket, because we just can't name anything right, can we
) snatching some bees out of the air in the hives' flight traffic pattern.