Bee Sting Remedy

[Admin]

I'm always in the woods either cutting timber or cutting trails and I'm always getting into yellow jackets and getting the bajeezus stung out of me. Me and bee stings don't mix and I swell up something wicked and itch for weeks. Well I used to anyway, until I learned about making a paste with baking soda and water and applying it to the sting.
This is the best dang remedy I have ever used.

A couple weeks back I got stung by a bumble bee and it was stuck to my sock and burned like hell. Felt as if someone took a razor knife to my Achilles tendon. I immediately applied the baking soda and not only did it put the fire out, it never swelled up nor did it itch after that.

Give this a go next time you get stung. ;D

[stickbowhntr]

I been doin that for years and even mix some up in a cleanned out toothpast tube [cut off end and wash out ] then mix some up and put in, roll end over and supper glue and you got it ready togo!I use one of the travel size tubes and keep in truck and one in my pack!

[TRAPnHUNT]

Baking soda paste is the best that i've found.

[barkspud]

Great tip JC I've never heard that one but will give it a try. I always just put mud on them but they don't effect me as bad as most.

[ninedeer]

that what we use too.the wife and Bee's not a good combination.she will swell up,too.

[Admin]

Interesting tip with the toothpaste tube. ;D

Baking soda is some handy stuff to have on hand. I have a bucket of it near my woodstove both here and at the cabin. It put my chimney fire out in seconds. Great stuff. ;D

[trapperandhunter]

i usually just add beer to stings ...

[Deleted]

JC, I showed this thread to my better half Lori, and while she knew of this remedy after the sting, and appreciates the tip, she was wondering what remedies you might have to "prevent them bees/wasps/hornets from stinging, from the git-go"

The reason she asks, is a couple weeks ago, I asked her to get on the mower, go out back in the CRP field, and mow down the thistles, before they went to seed. While mowing, she hit an underground nest of extremely p*ssed off hornets, flew off the tractor, got stung on the hands, head and neck. She poured the can of beer she was holding over her wounds, to aleviate the pain momentarily, while running full bore back to the house, but vowed never again to mow "out back"

Any advice? I'd post a pic, but all I got was blurr in the frame...kind of like someone offering up a proof of Sasquatch

[Admin]

Well, little update on this.
Apparently, the baking soda paste needs to be applied immediately after the sting to be effective. When I did this last week, it worked slick and I showed no evidence of a sting.

Yesterday I got stung in the beginning of my venture and didn't feel like coming back to the house and now wish i had. I have 2 knuckles swollen into one and itching like crazy. The baking soda isn't doing diddly dick.

Guess I'll be putting the stuff on sooner next time.

[barkspud]

Charder a good remedy for that is a can of white gas and a match... I promise they won't sting after that..I've had my foot go into one of those ground nest before wasn't good...luckily I was on a island on a river bass fishing..took to the water or I would have been stung worse and a long ways from any relief...

[patricimo54]

One summer we were down on the Texas Gulf Coast and one of the young men with us got stung pretty bad by jelly fish. We took him to the paramedics first aid station for treatment. They made a politesse from "Adoulphous" brand meat tenderizer and I believe it was vinegar or it may have been rubbing alcohol. I just can't remember, but The meat tenderizer for sure. It really made a difference.

[Canadian trapper]

I love the bush and seem to find hornet and bee nests. I'm allergic to there stings. I swell up big time and a couple years back my throat closed off. Rush trip to the Emerg. Room. I wonder if I applied this paste mixture immediately? On the way to the hospital.
The Canadian trapper

[stickbowhntr]

Aug 11, 2012 7:22:57 GMT -5 Canadian trapper said:

I love the bush and seem to find hornet and bee nests. I'm allergic to there stings. I swell up big time and a couple years back my throat closed off. Rush trip to the Emerg. Room. I wonder if I applied this paste mixture immediately? On the way to the hospital.
The Canadian trapper

Wont help the alergic reation that closes your throat , better to get an eppy pen.

[Admin]

I get sp fricken pissed at these bees man. I got one sting on my knuckle yesterday morning and part of my hand looks like a lobster claw.

[paddyg441]

;D ;D

Aug 11, 2012 8:29:43 GMT -5 stickbowhntr said:

Aug 11, 2012 7:22:57 GMT -5 Canadian trapper said:

I wonder if I applied this paste mixture immediately?

Wont help the allergic reaction that closes your throat , better to get an eppy pen.

"Brian" our Friend "Bill" is VERY CORRECT, my son suffered the same reaction as you and we pretty near lost him, as I was on a Semi Isolated Station at the time and we had so far to travel.

We were not aware at the time that he had a Allergic Reaction to all types of Bees and Wasps, Very Scary Wake Up Call I Will Tell You !!!

Brian if you have not already purchased a Eppy Pen, then I suggest you do so Immediately, buy a couple and have them in different Locations, as we did, that way we always had the possibility of an Emergency Covered.

Better to be Safe my Friend.

[Canadian trapper]

I have an eppy pen with me, just wondering if the paste would stop the swelling from all these flying critters. That's for the advise though guys. It's appreciated.
The Canadian trapper