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I've been stung by either a wasp or a bee when I was younger, and mid run on my stomach I got stung by again either a random wasp or bee that flew under my shirt.

The first I barely remember, but I remember the sting on my stomach it hurt, and I remember just brushing my stomach and it was like an object fell out (RIP bee/wasp). When I got home was when I realized it, I had thought it was some sort of cramp but I had the welt to confirm it and the recollection to recognize it.

I think one or two may not be bad, but a ton of them stinging you? You're not going to be too happy about it. The pain of a sting is rather sharp and abrupt when it happens so you feel this irrational pain that you don't understand for a brief moment. Possible panic until you discover the source of it. A child getting stung will probably consider it the worst pain they've ever experienced in their life so care should be taken. An adult? Well it can vary. It can be a minor inconvenience all the way to terrified if you're allergic and reaching for an epipen. Pain is relative but...thankfully science answers this oddly enough. For one man purposefully stinging himself at least.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994616/
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/2/AABn_6AAEYhA.jpg

One mad lad purposely got himself stung in various portions of his body to see if where you got stung determines how painful the sting is.

Twenty-five sting locations were selected throughout the body (see Fig. 1). One location (forearm) was selected as an internal standard, with the a priori assumption that stings to the forearm would induce a median level of pain. The author self-administered five stings per day. The first sting and last sting were the internal standards (forearm). These stings were given a score of 5, and the three test stings were rated relative to the pain of the forearm stings. All stings occurred between 0900 h and 1000 h, to avoid time of day effects. At least 5 min of delay was given between stings, longer if pain from the previous sting persisted. The pain was rated by the author as precisely as possible on a scale of 110, relative to the internal standard (score of 5). Lower scores denote less pain; higher scores denote more pain.

Here's the interesting part.

The author had received approximately 5 stings per day for three months before the experiment, so no changes in his immune system were to be expected over the course of the experiment

This guy was USED to being stung so some of those 7-9 scores are pretty damn serious, especially coming from a scientist trying to do relative scores.
Keep in mind, medically a 7 or higher is debilitating, in that you just can't consider continuing to live life without dealing with this pain. Whether the pain makes it impossible to walk or even sleep. Higher levels of pain prevent you from talking, often because you're crying or just screaming in pain that you can't focus on the task at hand.