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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: DeltaM on July 20, 2009, 09:51:26 PM
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I was chopping weeds out of my wife's Peoni flowers when uhbeknowest to me but found real quick a hole full of yello jackets. After I unknowingly hoed into then they came out of that hole like from a charged 1" fire hose straight for my boney butt with nothing on but a light T-shirt, shorts and Nikis with no socks.
Did the everlight me up. Chased me plum down our 2nd driveway to the barn.
My grandfather always use a piece of Redman chew-backer he was about finished with on a bee sting. This was after a good dousing of kerosene.At least it was a bee sting and not a cut as that would have called for a big slab of salt pork. Salt on cuts =ouch. Another that caught my ear when young was take a typical size southern roach and squeeze the juices into the offending ear. Thankfully, all my earaches were at home away from grandpa.
Anyway, I've got 5 stings on the inside and outside of my right ankle, two behind my left knee, two on my left shoulder. three on my right shoulder and seven on my right ear lobe. I can't believe the wallup the bee which is about 3/4 the size of a honey bee packs. And they don't just sting a leave. They didn't stop till I was run into the barn.
I've used meat tenderizerm, alcohol, hydrocortisone cream and searched for stingers still imbedded as best I could. Oh and ice bags.
Any other ideas greatly appreciated. Think I'll pass on the more traditional treatment for now (RIP grandpa)
I've already started payback. Play to go up from a paintball gun, to 9mm, to 10mm, to 3" 12 ga with #1 buck. after that, when they have settled in for the night, about a quart of gass goes down the hole (not lit). That usually is the end of them.
Mike
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My grandma used to make a paste with baking powder and dab it on the sting. I don't know if it works, but just her doing it made me feel better when I was a kid.
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i've had good luck using a cotton ball soaked in bleach and applied to the bite. At least for me it takes the sting away from yellow jackets and red ant bites......as long as you are not allergic to bleach.
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In my house it was ammonia for bee stings. In reality an anti- histamine and an anti-inflammatory are what you want (just take an allergy pill and a couple of advil). Also, make sure the stingers are out of the wound. If not remove them with pressure, and/or tweezers as they get infected.
FQ13
PS OUCH! sorry about that and I hope you get the little bastards!
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Baking soda paste like CJ said.
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After the stinger is removed, clean the wound with soap and water to remove any bacteria. Wrap some ice in a cloth or place in an ice pack and apply to the wound for ten minutes. After ten minutes, remove the ice for ten minutes. The ice should be applied in several ten minutes on-ten minutes off increments. If you have circulatory problems, apply the ice for a shorter amount of time to avoid skin damage. If you’re still experiencing pain, you can take some aspirin.
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As a member of the multiple yellow jacket sting club, any type of tobacco that is slightly wet, except chewing tobacco, will draw out the venom if wadded in a little ball over each sting. If they welt tomorrow, today, with any pimple looking whiteheads, it will help also.
Sorry about the multiple hits, they have a well coordinated attack plan when weed eating.
Glad your not allergic.
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Try a couple looooong pulls of your favorite alcoholic thirst quencher...after that it won't hurt so bad!!!!!
JMHO
Richard
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Try a couple looooong pulls of your favorite alcoholic thirst quencher...after that it won't hurt so bad!!!!!
JMHO
Richard
I don't drink now, but I have to side with Richard for quick relief.
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For honeybees, remove the stinger as soon as you can. It doesn’t matter how you do it, either by finger or by scraping it off with a credit card, just get it out before it fully empties into the skin.
Ice the sting site. This is the best treatment for immediate relief.
Sssting Stop is a wonderful homeopathic remedy for both stings and bug bites. Available at health food stores or on the web.
Plantain grows in many yards, and makes a super poultice for stings and bites. Chew up a couple of leaves and apply to the sting.
Salt paste on the sting will help to draw out the venom.
A paste of baking soda and water will help with the pain and swelling.
Apply vinegar to the site.
Make a paste of meat tenderizer and apply. Papain in the tenderizer will help break down the toxins.
If there is difficulty in breathing or dizziness and nausea, seek medical advice. If you don’t know if your child is allergic to honeybee venom, watch for swelling in the throat that might affect breathing. Knowing if it was a bee or a wasp that stung them is helpful. One easy way to tell the difference is that honeybees are fuzzy, not shiny.
Wash the sting site with soap and water to avoid an infection. Wasp stings can get infected from bacteria carried by the wasp from feces, so keep an eye on any sting that hasn’t healed in a day.
For yellow jackets.....DON'T SMASH THEM....it will release a chemical that tells all of his buddies to start a Jihad on your ass and send the entire hive after you!
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Pee on it. Shhhh.... lets see if he will actually do it.
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Pee on it. Shhhh.... lets see if he will actually do it.
Hummm, might be tough hitting the stings on my ear :D Only thing I know that could do this was a nasty old Billy Goat a neighbor use to own. I guess he felt like it would appeal to the ladies. I've used this method in the shower for athlete's foot but never considered it for bee stings. Makes some sense because of the uric acid.
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TAPE A PENNY TO THE STINGS Try it it works
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looks like the stings are being taken care of now for payback, Kill Kill them all when they go back in the ground. Spray or gasoline to the hole and make they pay. Just don't let PETA know what your going to do, haha they must die. :D ::)
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The only thing I tried that actually worked was Benadryl. I took twice as much as it said and then later on took a normal dose. Any other anti-histamine should work. It's histamine in the stings that cause all the problems.
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Sorry for your bad experience. Next time......let's hope there are none, try a penny for the immediate relief of pain, always take Benadryl for reduction of the swelling and to hopefully stave off any allergic reaction. Make sure that you get all of the stingers out. Wash thoroughly to avoid infection. Keep a close eye out for allergic reactions (excessive swelling, shortness of breath and difficulty swallowing or breathing) and seek medical attention at the first sign. I don't know why the copper penny works, but I have tried it myself and it helps.
Yellowjackets suck because of the way that they swarm and attack in bunches. I agree with Timothy about avoiding the swat if you can. The chemical release does rally the troops.
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Benedryl should work but don't over do it. I'm alergic so I'm supposed to carry an "Epi-Pen" (Epinephrin).
It's the human body that releases the histamine as an attack against the venom or irritant. Anti-Histamines reduce the bodies ability to release too much of the chemical.
Same thing with poison ivy, oak or any other skin irritation...
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Sweet revenge would be enough to ease my pain. Go get them sum' bitches.
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Early this morning, I cofidently but guarding my six, snuck out to where the little sh!ts were holed up. Circled cautiously with my mason jar of gas. Two of 'em were at the entrance as guards but none were coming and going. I took careful aim and splashed the guards, them gurgled the rest down the hole, then ran like hel!!! A check later in the day revealed no survivors. :D
It took about 12 hours before the stings quit hurting, especially my ear and the back of my knee and ankle. They really know how to go for the tender meat. Now it just itches, in spite of the use of a cortisone cream.
Drop for drop, that has to be one of the baddest venoms in nature.
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Nasty little buggers, ain't they.
I was driving to work some years back, down an old country road in CT, when something hit my hand at the window. I looked over in time to see a yellow jacket sting me between the fingers.
I casually took the next road, got on the highway and headed straight to the emergency room about ten miles away. My arm was the size of my thigh in less than five minutes. Thankfully, I don't get the throat issues or breathing problems but I really should carry the epi-pen...
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Nasty little buggers, ain't they.
I was driving to work some years back, down an old country road in CT, when something hit my hand at the window. I looked over in time to see a yellow jacket sting me between the fingers.
I casually took the next road, got on the highway and headed straight to the emergency room about ten miles away. My arm was the size of my thigh in less than five minutes. Thankfully, I don't get the throat issues or breathing problems but I really should carry the epi-pen...
Yes you should sir. As I'm sure that you know, the severity of allergic reactions can vary tremendously from incident to incident, especially should you find yourself the victim of multiple stings.....like from yellow jackets. You could easily find your trachea closing very rapidly, on the next experience, and perhaps not providing you with ample time to seek medical attention. I do not say this to harass or disturb you. I say this as someone who very much enjoys your posts and would like to read them for many years to come. Don't mess around on this one. If you have had prior reactions (and you most certainly have), then this is not something to muck about with. Get an epi-pen!!!
Or not. just my .02 cents.
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Find all yellow jacket Sting Treatments and Symptoms, and other information from here - http://yellowjacketsting.org/ (http://yellowjacketsting.org/)
Just found this blog while searching on Google, and it's provided pretty much good information regarding yellow jacket sting, must check that out once.
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When I get stung by anything I take a double dose of Benadryl and that's about all I do.