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Join Date: Dec 2004
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I'm fine, but I can't say the same for the bee...
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"That's okay, I'd like to keep it on manual control for a while."
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Was my very first bee sting ever. Burns. I guess I'm not allergic.
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When will your rampage of terror end ?
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I know. I know. I'm just out of control.
In case anyone has yet to be stung and is wondering what to do:
- Make sure the stinger is out, a small black dot on the wound means some of it remains.. remove it.
- Acetometaphin (Asprin) Tylenol
- Benadryl
- Put meat tenderizor on the area affected for no more than 30 minutes, or
- You can also use deoderent which has a similar affect in breaking down the venom
- Ice it.
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Originally Posted by budster101
- Make sure the stinger is out, a small black dot on the wound means some of it remains..
...by scraping it, like with the edge of a piece of heavy paper or something. Grabbing/pinching will squirt more venom into the bite site.
Damn I'm good.
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I am highly allergic so if I was in your shoes I would be in hospital right now.
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I'm glad you are not in my shoes then. I'm also glad, I'm not allergic.
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Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon
I am highly allergic so if I was in your shoes I would be in hospital right now.
Yep, when I was a kid, my friend got stung by a bee in his mouth. He was allergic. His mother was freaking out, and they had to rush him to the doctor.
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Well, when I was a kid a whole honeycomb fell on my head. Something like 25+ bees stung me all over my head, face and shoulders. I reckon I'm not allergic to 'em, but I did look like Frankenstein afterwards
Oh, in case you're wondering how it happened, we were playing soccer. We set up one of the nets right in front this tall tree, and didn't notice the huge honeycomb on one of its branches. Unfortunately, I was playing goalie on that end when a ball went right into the branch where the honeycomb was. The branch didn't break, but the ball was hit hard enough so that the honeycomb dropped right on top of me. I don't think I've ever ran as fast as I did that afternoon
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Originally Posted by budster101
I know. I know. I'm just out of control.
In case anyone has yet to be stung and is wondering what to do:
- Make sure the stinger is out, a small black dot on the wound means some of it remains.. remove it.
- Acetometaphin (Asprin) Tylenol
- Benadryl
- Put meat tenderizor on the area affected for no more than 30 minutes, or
- You can also use deoderent which has a similar affect in breaking down the venom
- Ice it.
1) Stinger advice good... but NO tweezers as mentioned.
2) Tylenol... if ya need it (though real men don't)!
3) No need for Benadryl if there is no allergic reaction.
4) Meat tenderizer... never in any medical textbook I used in school... but what the hell!
5) Ice... yup!
And of course, torture the bee before it dies!
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon
I am highly allergic so if I was in your shoes I would be in hospital right now.
I hope you carry an Epi Pen wherever you go and never, ever forget it. No offense, but it's damn annoying to bring patients to the ER for food and sting allergies because they "forgot" their Epi Pens.
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Join Date: Nov 1999
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I've been stung by countless bees. One time 6 yellowjackets hemmed my ass up.
All I need is ice, or beer.
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Originally Posted by budster101
Was my very first bee sting ever. Burns. I guess I'm not allergic.
First time? Did you not go outside as a child? I've been stung probably 30 or 40 times. Worst time was when the damn bee got me in the neck (pretty much a strait injection into my jugular.)
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Originally Posted by King Bob On The Cob
First time? Did you not go outside as a child? I've been stung probably 30 or 40 times. Worst time was when the damn bee got me in the neck (pretty much a strait injection into my jugular.)
Worst I had was a mud wasp nailing me right under my eye. It swelled shut and hurt like nothing else.
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I'm around bees and wasps a lot and rarely get stung. What gives? Are you guys thrashing around the things like nervous schoolgirls?
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I haven't been stung in years. In my younger days I always used to f**k with nests. My mom wouldn't even care when I got stung because I never learned my lesson.
Most stings came after Hurrican Bob. Downed trees everywhere, and in those trees hoards of pissed yellowjackets lie and wait.
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While at camp as a 9 or 10 year old, the counselor had us hiking through the woods somewhere in the general vicinity of "north of Lansing, MI." Nice, thick deciduous forests there, at least back then. There was a log across the path. Knowing what I do now, had I been the counselor I'd have said "Step OVER the log, because sometimes insects like to live in old dead trees." My counselor was, unfortunately, not quite so helpful. About five or six of us kids got nailed several times each. That wasn't the first time I'd been stung, but it WAS the first time I'd been stung by more than one bee at a time. It SUCKED! This happened before supper, and by the next morning we were all just unhappy the afternoon had been messed up, but it was sure scary when it happened!
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
When will your rampage of terror end ?
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Give petty people just a little bit of power and watch how they misuse it! You can't silence the self doubt, can you?
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We had a beehive in our backyard. I played outside alot. There was a city park across the street. I went to summer camp as a kid. I was in the military and went downrange on maneuvers.
Never stung once.
When it comes to bees I pretend I'm Canadian.
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Give petty people just a little bit of power and watch how they misuse it! You can't silence the self doubt, can you?
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Bees don't sting Canadians?
*puts on Ranger suit*
I've never been stung by bees or wasps, but I'm terrified of both. They always love me so much. Too much. They insist on zooming around my head all the time, and then sitting in my hair... ARGH!!!
Yes, I'm a wuss.
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Originally Posted by Oisín
Bees don't sting Canadians?
*puts on Ranger suit*
I've never been stung by bees or wasps, but I'm terrified of both. They always love me so much. Too much. They insist on zooming around my head all the time, and then sitting in my hair... ARGH!!!
Yes, I'm a wuss.
Canadian in that I don't wave at them. I don't run or swat or agitate them. I accept that they are looking for flowers from which to gather pollen. If I'm wearing bright colors or wearing frou frou juice (cologne) they will naturally come nearby to make sure I'm not a black eyed susan or something.
You probably wear sweet smelling cologne and are well groomed. It's natural they'd want to pollenate and/or rest on you.
It's ok to be a wuss to a bee. There's no stigma involved in not wanting to be stung!
As far as they are concerned I am THE pacifist.
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Ah, that kind of Canadian (didn't know there was such a kind). I do that too. Partially because I know swinging my arms around and running around will only agitate or scare them, thus increasing the risk of getting stung, partially out of panic. The problem is that it gives them time to buzz around my face and sit on my hair even more. Ugh.
You're right, though, it must be my well-groomedness and appealing scent that lures them in. Well, that and my darn good looks, of course.
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Originally Posted by Oisín
Ah, that kind of Canadian (didn't know there was such a kind). I do that too. Partially because I know swinging my arms around and running around will only agitate or scare them, thus increasing the risk of getting stung, partially out of panic. The problem is that it gives them time to buzz around my face and sit on my hair even more. Ugh.
You're right, though, it must be my well-groomedness and appealing scent that lures them in. Well, that and my darn good looks, of course.
Undoubtedly!
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To this day I won't drink soda out of a can if it's already been opened and is sitting outside. I got nailed on my tongue by a bee that decided to have a drink of my coke. Freaked me out more than it hurt, but I've seen several people stung by sweat bees inside a can at outdoor functions.
When we were 5ish, we used to catch bees in jars or slap them between our hands while they were flying. Weird, but we almost never got stung. The really big ones would chase you a long way if you messed with them.
I hate wasps and will run away like a little girl everytime they start buzzing me. A couple of summers, I had to turn on all 180ish AC units on the roof of the hotel I worked at. I swear every one of them had a wasps nest inside the box with the switch, and those things were always coming after me. Took me forever to get them all turned on, with much running involved.
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Originally Posted by budster101
In case anyone has yet to be stung and is wondering what to do:
- Make sure the stinger is out, a small black dot on the wound means some of it remains.. remove it.
- Acetometaphin (Asprin) Tylenol
- Benadryl
- Put meat tenderizor on the area affected for no more than 30 minutes, or
- You can also use deoderent which has a similar affect in breaking down the venom
- Ice it.
- Call mommy
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Oh, thanks. Forgot about the calling mommy part. Reminds me to call my mommy...
Dang thing still hurts.
Gretta Van Sestren just said "beehive" on the air as I type this. Weird.
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In all seriousness, I can sympathize. The first sting can be a b!tch. My father used to keep honey bees. Since age 8, I've been stung more times than I can count, but can still remember the first.
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mix some baking soda and water and put it on "the wound"
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Baninated
Join Date: Dec 2004
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You mean I didn't have to cut it with a razor blade and suck out the 'venom' ?
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Originally Posted by budster101
- Put meat tenderizer on the area affected for no more than 30 minutes
Sounds painful.
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also pee on the sting.
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Originally Posted by Albert Pujols
also pee on the sting.
what if it's on your neck or face?
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have someone else, preferably a young female, do it for you just joke
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When I was in Panama many years ago, I got a tour of the Army's "Jungle Operations Training Center." It included a fairly long briefing on Africanized honey bees -killer bees as they're often known. These are very aggressive bees, and at the time they were pretty common throughout the isthmus, so there were Things To Be Aware Of regarding them.
The sergeant that did the briefing put it pretty well: When you're walking through the great outdoors, you're in the bees' front yard. If you move carefully and don't make a fuss, they won't really be a problem. But what would you do if someone came crashing through YOUR front yard, kicking over the potted plants and making a big fuss? You'd probably get pretty upset, wouldn't you. Watch your step, don't go poking at things, and otherwise just keep to yourself, and the bees won't bother you.
Ever since that time, I've pretty much followed those rules whenever flying, stinging insects were involved, and they've worked exceptionally well.
Originally Posted by iLikebeer
To this day I won't drink soda out of a can if it's already been opened and is sitting outside. I got nailed on my tongue by a bee that decided to have a drink of my coke. Freaked me out more than it hurt, but I've seen several people stung by sweat bees inside a can at outdoor functions.
A couple of months ago I was reminded of this very issue. After leaving my Coke on the picnic table for a few minutes, I picked it up and took a BIG swig-which contained at least two or three bees! Those bees NEVER flew that fast before or since! I think I got about 20 meters on that particular attempt...and a brand new, unopened Coke right after that!
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Was the bee a very large bee? I'm guessing so because you put wrote bee in capital letters, got me thinking of a large bee, like the size of a human head, or a football ball.
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It was a freakishly large bee. I mean this sucker had to be the big bee in his hive. Thinking he was all that...
I think he was either an African or European Bee...
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Originally Posted by budster101
It was a freakishly large bee. I mean this sucker had to be the big bee in his hive. Thinking he was all that...
That's odd; I always thought the big bee in the hive was a she
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Baninated
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Yeah, well this was one of them alternative living commune bee hives... all male.... boy were they all bitchy too.
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Originally Posted by budster101
It was a freakishly large bee. I mean this sucker had to be the big bee in his hive. Thinking he was all that...
I think he was either an African or European Bee...
European. You need to know these kind of things when you're king.
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I was wondering when someone would get that reference to "Monty Python's The Holy Grail".
Now, what's your favorite color?
Pink, no blue! AHHHHHHHHHHH.
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