Flying Critter Sting

[kmehrzad]

...too bad there wasn't anything like that around when the bee stung me on the nipple. I rode off the road and crashed without feeling anything except the pain of the sting. Insect stings are a PITA.

OMG!!

[Tawnya]

Daughter is doing fine. Thank goodness it was on the tongue and not the face....(school pics today).

A friend of my hubby's had an incident last month with a wasp trapped between him and his saddle. Sure the padded shorts saved his "parts" but he was still stung a few times on the thigh. He stated the feeling was.."interesting to say the least."

Who knew we'd have to battle nature every time we get on our bikes.

[badger]

could these said "bees" really, in fact, be wasps?

I personally love bees and hate to think they're the cause of all this pain. They normally don't sting unless they are trying to defend their hive as they'll die, whereas a wasp will pretty much sting for the sake of stinging.

One way to tell if you've truly been stung by a bee, they'll leave behind a venom sac. Don't try to grab it with your fingers as that will pump more venom in you. Instead, take a straight edge like a credit card and take the edge to it to "pull out" the sac. If there was nothing there, then it was a wasp sting.

I woke up this morning scratching my elbow. Turns out I was pretty much mauled by a mosquito or two, had at least 4 bumps. I found this thing called "Inflam-eze" which contain things like "oil of pain root, karabash, sage, rosemary, and oregano". Smells really herbal-y but it really took the itch out, haven't felt itchy all day.

[OakLeaf]

There are a lot of species of bees. Only honeybees die when they sting.

Most species of wasps aren't aggressive either.

Most anything will sting, or bite, or defend itself however it can, when it's minding its own business flying around and you plow into it at 20 mph (or 10, or even 6, like the bee that got me on the thigh in the middle of a big climb ).

I don't think it works on hymenoptera stings, but heat will destroy the stuff in a mosquito's saliva that people are allergic to. If you can get a heating pad (as hot as you can stand without burning) or a towel soaked in boiling water on it within 5-10 minutes of being bitten, it won't leave the huge welt.