Encountering a buzzing and stinging hiking hazard while walking near the iconic teepee in the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles.

Before he was stung, The Idiot was all smiles when he saw a sign proclaiming “Bee Crossing” in the San Gabriel Mountains. (Photo: Ettore Botta)

The Bee Crossing in the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles.

The Bee Crossing is not far from this iconic teepee in the San Gabriel Mountains above La Canada, California.

The Bee Crossing is not far from this view of downtown Los Angeles from the San Gabriel Mountains above La Canada, California.

The Bee Crossing is not far from these beehives in Bee Flat in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Three hikers — Ganesh Sankaran, The Idiot and Ettore Botta — and an iconic teepee near the Bee Crossing in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The Idiot and Ettore Botta before they made the stinging and steep 1.5-mile hike to the iconic teepee and the Bee Crossing in the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles.