Best On-Bike Bee Sting Remedies?

[kfergos]

is there any way you can wear a jersey that doesn't have a gap at the cleavage or chest area, where the bee or wasp can fly in by accident? They usually sting when they get caught and can't get out, like what happened to me last week.

I don't tend to wear jerseys unzipped much even in hot weather, and particularly now it's gotten cooler, I'm definitely not riding around letting it all hang out, so to speak . The first time I had it unzipped maybe 1/3 of the way (this is on a jersey with a zipper about like this: http://www.teamestrogen.com/prodCN_9F161.html) so I could imagine something getting in there. The second time, I was being conservative and my jersey was barely unzipped at all -- just a tiny little bit at the collar because I don't like the zipper poking my neck. It was cool and I had a vest and arm warmers on, and I definitely didn't have my jersey wide open or anything. It was astonishing to me that a bee got in there at all.

Thanks for all the bee sting remedies. I'll see what my local drugstore has in bike-bag-sized quantities. Needless to say, I'm riding with all-the-way zipped jerseys these days, too!

[tongue_tied]

I got stung by a yellow jacket a few weeks ago and the site is still raised and occasionally itches, but nothing serious... someone told me that the stinger might still be in there. How would I know?

[OakLeaf]

If you're sure it was a yellow jacket, the only way the stinger would be in your body is maybe if you swatted it while it was stinging you, and the stinger broke off. Only honeybees break their stingers off inside their victims. If it was a honeybee stinger, it would be large enough to see - looks sort of like a wood sliver.

Sounds like maybe the sting got a little bit infected, or possibly you're slightly allergic.

[indigoiis]

A plash from the water bottle helps. And scrape the stinger out if it is a bee sting.