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Ralph--a house dog
User ID: 77023578 United States 10/16/2018 08:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Benadryl helps with the itching and swelling, also buy a bag of red man chewing tobacco and get a dose of it wet and tape it to the area that got stung. It'll help. Quoting: ol' scratch Meat tenderizer also works. Don't ask me how I know. An effective over the counter product to keep nearby when outdoors is 'Sting Kill'--contains 20% benzocaine. Breaking open the ampule can be a pain in itself when hurriedly attempting this, so I try to have them out of the plastic wrapper and ready to go. Stops pain immdiately For some reason these are not that easy to find---Have to ask at pharmacy in Walmart. Last Edited by Ralph--a house dog on 10/16/2018 09:01 AM "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night.....Rage, rage against the dying of the light"-----Dylan Thomas HIS NAME IS SETH RICH [link to biblicalselfdefense.com] [link to forum.1111ers.blog] Always remember that "for the greater good" will not include YOU. "Who decides?" ---Robert A. Heinlein -'Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.'—Benjamin Franklin [link to www.westcoasttruth.com] The only thing worth paying full retail for is pantyhose. You cannot do all of the good the world needs, but the world needs all of the good you can do. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76989304 United States 10/16/2018 10:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Try being a cable guy. Every damn door I open, every time i set my ladder up, i have to bd extremely tentative. Thoss bastards are the band of my existence, especially when up on a ladder 20 feet in the air. Quoting: Dr Mantis Toboggan I hear ya. I prep myself before going up the ladder, repeat over and over do not panic on the way down ladder if they attack, it would be too easy to tip and fall. I had to fix the roof and clean the chimney last week. The roof vents were packed with bee nests. I just sang to them the entire time. It worked. They let me finish the jobs with no problems. Funny thing was, the next day they came down the vents into the house in masses. I visited their home so they came to visit me LOL. |
Agent Smith 2014
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ChowMOM
User ID: 76859407 United States 10/16/2018 10:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In July I ran into a nest.Got me 4 times in the calf,once in the hand, 4 times on the cheek, once on the nostril and once in my nose. Starting screaming and acting like a mad woman. Luckily my sister was here and heard me screaming and pulled me inside. The little bastards followed me in the house. I had some on my leg still attached. Once we got them killed and removed from me, started taking antihistamine and did the tobacco thing. After about an hour I couldn't take it anymore and went to a med express and received pred and pain killers. Crap, this still makes me sick to my stomach thinking about it. |
janedoenut
User ID: 73370116 United States 10/16/2018 11:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Went to work early. Got pissed the grass was so high and my regular guys hadn't done it. Quoting: Deplorable Azila_Again Over a foot, as we've had a ton of rain. Start mowing with push mower. In less than 5 min I see what I assume are some kind of grasshoppers all over hopping everywhere. Or so I thought. Soon the stings to my legs came. I realized they where yellow jackets. I take off running across our yard. I get to another group of guys yelling. I look down and see 10 to 15 bees on each pant leg still attached even after running. I start swiping. I turn around and 10 to 15 more followed swarming my head. Of all those bees attached to my pants and swarming my head, I only had two stings. One one may calf and one on my butt cheek. Now, I've been stung before but, these things have felt like burns all day. even now, feels like someone has a hot match next to my skin. Those damn things are vicious! That totally sucks and I hope you feel better soon. Just the same, yellowjackets are not bees. Bees are awesome! Yellowjackets, not so much. “If you'll let me tell you what I imagine about myself, you'll find it a lot more interesting” –Anne Shirley "Seemingly your father nor mother taught you that as a man, it's your job to protect and provide for women and lead strong families. As men, had you done your job, you wouldn't be living in a matriarchal society." - Janedoenut, 2018 |
Carnac
User ID: 76477189 United States 10/16/2018 11:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Went to work early. Got pissed the grass was so high and my regular guys hadn't done it. Quoting: Deplorable Azila_Again Over a foot, as we've had a ton of rain. Start mowing with push mower. In less than 5 min I see what I assume are some kind of grasshoppers all over hopping everywhere. Or so I thought. Soon the stings to my legs came. I realized they where yellow jackets. I take off running across our yard. I get to another group of guys yelling. I look down and see 10 to 15 bees on each pant leg still attached even after running. I start swiping. I turn around and 10 to 15 more followed swarming my head. Of all those bees attached to my pants and swarming my head, I only had two stings. One one may calf and one on my butt cheek. Now, I've been stung before but, these things have felt like burns all day. even now, feels like someone has a hot match next to my skin. Those damn things are vicious! Yes they are.... hope you will get over the discomfort quickly. Have a nice day = GFY. GFY = Go Fuck Yourself. If this offends you then have a nice day. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76989304 United States 10/16/2018 11:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In July I ran into a nest.Got me 4 times in the calf,once in the hand, 4 times on the cheek, once on the nostril and once in my nose. Starting screaming and acting like a mad woman. Luckily my sister was here and heard me screaming and pulled me inside. The little bastards followed me in the house. I had some on my leg still attached. Quoting: ChowMOM Once we got them killed and removed from me, started taking antihistamine and did the tobacco thing. After about an hour I couldn't take it anymore and went to a med express and received pred and pain killers. Crap, this still makes me sick to my stomach thinking about it. Oh my, I have had a few full nest attacks too. Good thing we were not 20ft up a ladder with a long way down in a state of panic. But one time I was alone in the mountains, too ill to drive 2 hrs home after dozens of stings. I made it to the creek and covered myself in mud. |
TheUnknownSoldier
User ID: 71242029 United States 10/16/2018 11:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God. ~It's interesting how many atheists are willing to risk eternity over something they can't possibly know is true. It's like standing on the train tracks, blind and deaf, convinced that there is no such thing as trains~ |
KTee
User ID: 77037133 United States 10/16/2018 12:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Using a sliced piece of garlic works very well too. Just rub the garlic oil on the area or put a few minced pieces on the pad of a band aid and apply it. Bad thing about yellow jackets/wasps is they can sting multiple times unlike a bee that can only sting once and die. Nasty insects indeed. Act, and you shall have dinner; wait, and you shall BE dinner. -Gowron, Klingon proverb, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine |
carterCZ
User ID: 75381413 United States 10/16/2018 12:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Had a big nest in a bush on the side of my house. Sprayed it early in the morning with wasp spray and ran. Next day the nest was dead, but I was not sure if the queen left alive or not. A few months later I saw a huge nest 100 ft behind my house, 30 feet up a tree. Took it out with a shotgun. No more nests. carterCZ |
Prayandprepare000
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