Burning real rich after winter storage

What do you mean? I'm genuinely curious. Why would a lean condition cause eye watering? I've always thought and experienced that with too much fuel.
All I know for certain is when I got my Bee running after many years of storage it would burn your eyeballs right out. LEAN.... LEAN ..LEAN with power valve dried right out and non functional. Idle circuits probably clogged as well. Goggle "exhaust burning my eyes out lean or rich" and you can read for most of the week. Lean is worse for it than rich..