Sting Reaction

As a new beekeeper I am keeping track of my stings. I want to make sure my reactions to stings are normal and don't get worse. I have a localized reaction, which means I swell up right around the place I got stung. My face looked a little funny and swollen for a few days, but then returned to normal. It seems like all of my sting reactions are the same. It hurts for the first minute and then the pain is gone and no swelling. The next day it starts swelling. It stops swelling a day later and then starts going back to normal. Every sting is different and so far every sting comes in a different part of my body. Being stung is never fun, but if I can learn what I did wrong, then I can take better care of myself and my bees.

A few days after I was stung on my jaw, the shape of my face changes.