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Back when I was working on an MICU, my partner and I ran a call like that in a semi-rural part of the City. The TxDOT contract worker was one of three mowing the right-of-way, and was the lucky one to hit the ground hive, but the guy behind him got into the swarm as well. Both of 'em got stung enough so that they were both having facial swelling with one of 'em having a little bit of trouble breathing.

We started IV's on both of 'em, and after a couple of doses of epinephrine, they were both doing better. When informed that they should both go to the ER, one of 'em wanted to devline and AMA (refuse transport Against Medical Advice). The doc I was talking to on the radio tried to convince him to let us take him, but he still refused until the TXDOT supervisor on scene insisted he go with us.

Talking with the doc, later that evening in the ER, I got schooled when the doc informed me that the guy we wanted to let go AMA had almost arrested (began to have problems breathing and heart going erratic) after he got to the ER and had been in their care for over an hour. It turns out that delayed anaphalactic shock is very common in people who are hyper-sensitive to bee/wasp stings. Needless to say, I looked at bee/wasp stings a little bit differently after that.

Glad it worked out well in your incident, nightmare69.