Need good home remedy for yellow jacket stings

[ericire12]

Pee on it. Shhhh.... lets see if he will actually do it.

[DeltaM]

Pee on it. Shhhh.... lets see if he will actually do it.

Hummm, might be tough hitting the stings on my ear   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.

[tumblebug]

TAPE A PENNY TO THE STINGS Try it it works

[rojawe]

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.

[Big Frank]

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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[Kid Shelleen]

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.

[Timothy]

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...

[Texas_Bryan]

Sweet revenge would be enough to ease my pain.  Go get them sum' bitches.

[DeltaM]

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.

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.

[Timothy]

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...