Bees in the Dominican Republic

Answer 1

Yes, there are certainly bees in the DR and they are ferocious. The ones you really need to watch out for are the wasps, (avispas) which are nasty, ill-tempered, and sting crazy. My friend was stung by a wasp sitting outside drinking coffee with sugar in it, and wound up in the emergency clinic with a reaction. I was driving a car with the windows open and a wasp flew in and crawled down the back of my shirt and bit the living crap out of me. It is not like an American sting: it is a serious bite that caused serious pain for the better part of 24 hours. Locals say that soaking a cloth in milk and applying it to the affected area will draw out the venom.