Various bug bites and stings

[meridian]

Cheap solutions that can be carried in a little sprayer / baggie:

Vinegar / lemon juice on wasp and hornet stings – the acid neutralizes the alkali in the venom

Baking soda for bee stings – since bee stings are acidic, the alkali in the baking soda neutralizes the acid

I was attacked by a wasp community was I was younger, trying to get some newborn puppies out from under a trailer where the wasps had setup their nest (unknown at the time). Let's just say, ouch! I had about 15 stings and everything swelled up like I was a human balloon.
A friend’s mom put vinegar on the areas with a cotton swab and the pain went away immediately. It didn’t smell too great, but that was the least of my concern at the time =)

[margo49]

Had a lovely ride yesterday . I knew I had been bitten by horse flies on my legs, but I find today that I have a couple of other ones on my thigh which I dint know about. They are totally different so it may have been insects when I was sitting under a tree watching my bee-eater nesting colony. I had been putting aloe vera on them but I will try the vinegar and the soda which one of them should work (I have a 50-50 chance of getting it right, lol)
Great timing, teigyr!

[margo49]

Cheap solutions that can be carried in a little sprayer / baggie:

Vinegar / lemon juice on wasp and hornet stings – the acid neutralizes the alkali in the venom

Baking soda for bee stings – since bee stings are acidic, the alkali in the baking soda neutralizes the acid

Thank you, meridian.
The vinegar is working.
I am sure you were all worried sick for me and that my pm inbox is overflowing with all your good wishes .
Now I just have to recall how the little fokkers looked for next time I do that route

[ margo49 obviously has Intuitive Powers guessing the right one to try first. Anyone need football pools? ]

[meridian]

Wonderful news margo! I'm glad you picked the right one to try first. I have no idea what would have happened if you had decided to try the baking soda instead..hopefully it wouldn't have made it worse