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<blockquote data-quote="Bez+" data-source="post: 414100" data-attributes="member: 6797"><p>If you were allergic to a wasp or bee sting you would likely be dead by now.</p><p></p><p>Swelling is normal - even the big stuff. Itching means you are on your way to healing.</p><p></p><p>Wasp, hornet and bumble bee stings do not leave the stinger behind - it is a smooth stinger - honey bees are barbed and those may have to be "scraped off".</p><p></p><p>Thus the bad guys can sting - and keep on stinging.</p><p></p><p>Do not pull honey bee stingers and sac by pinching with tweezers - it pumps more juice from the sac into your arm. I scrape them off with a knife.</p><p></p><p>I kept a few hives for about ten years - every year the first stings swelled pretty good - by the end of honey season they did not even give me a small bump.</p><p></p><p>Thinking on this I may start again ....</p><p></p><p>Keep a bit of epinephrine on hand in an auto injection device - your tongue starts to swell - hit yourself in the thigh with the needle - it may very well save your life. We carry them in all the vehicles. Cheap insurance.</p><p></p><p>Bez+</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bez+, post: 414100, member: 6797"] If you were allergic to a wasp or bee sting you would likely be dead by now. Swelling is normal - even the big stuff. Itching means you are on your way to healing. Wasp, hornet and bumble bee stings do not leave the stinger behind - it is a smooth stinger - honey bees are barbed and those may have to be "scraped off". Thus the bad guys can sting - and keep on stinging. Do not pull honey bee stingers and sac by pinching with tweezers - it pumps more juice from the sac into your arm. I scrape them off with a knife. I kept a few hives for about ten years - every year the first stings swelled pretty good - by the end of honey season they did not even give me a small bump. Thinking on this I may start again .... Keep a bit of epinephrine on hand in an auto injection device - your tongue starts to swell - hit yourself in the thigh with the needle - it may very well save your life. We carry them in all the vehicles. Cheap insurance. Bez+ [/QUOTE]
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