Owww, the swelling! Nature's Viagra?
Yeah, your friend kinda got what was coming to him. I tend to leave things like bee hives (and bear dens, scorpion nests, etc.) alone.
That's the "Jackass" culture for you. An entire generation of teen and 20-something males - egged on by their videotaping buddies - engaging in the most idiotic, dangerous stuff imaginable.
"Dude, you should
totally go over there and hump that sleeping grizzly bear's ass! I'll give you $20 and half my weed! I dare you, dude!"