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  • From: Tom Wright <twright AT vicksburg.com>
  • To: "Orange County, NC Beekeepers" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Fw: Bee Sting....Good to know
  • Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:02:40 -0400

john wallace wrote:



From: "annette parsons" <kitty AT triad.rr.com>
To: <jwllace AT hotmail.com>
Subject: Fw: Bee Sting....Good to know
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:37:00 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)



-------Original Message-------

From: shirleyg
Date: 03/30/07 14:55:01
To: Yall
Subject: Bee Sting....Good to know


Good to know
Never heard of such a thing.....so somebody try it if you get a bee sting
this spring.



Bee Stings season is coming-----  I don't know if this will
work, but I am going to try to remember it....



May be something to remember, as this season will soon be here again.

It might be wise to carry a penny in your pocket while working in the
yard.......... BEE STINGS !

A couple of weeks ago I was unfortunate enough to get stung by both a
bee and hornet while working in the garden.

My arm swelled up so off to the doctor I went. The clinic gave me
cream and an antihistamine. The next day the swelling was getting
Progressively worse so off to my regular doctor I went. Infected arm
needed an antibiotic. What was interesting is what the Dr. told me. The
next time you get stung put a penny on the bite for 15 minutes. I
thought, wow next time (if there ever is one) I will try it.

Well that night Shelley's niece got stung by two bees. When she came
over to swim I looked at the bite and it had already started to swell. So
off I went to get my money. Taped a penny to her arm for 15 minutes.
The next morning, there was no sign of a bite. Wow were we surprised.
her niece we decided, just wasn't allergic to the sting.

Well guess what happened again on Saturday night. I was helping
Shelley deadhead her flowers and guess what? You are right I got stung
again two times by a hornet on my left hand. Was I ticked. I thought, here
I go again having to go to the doctor for yet another antibiotic.

Well I promptly went into the house, again got my money out, and
taped two pennies to my bites and then sat and sulked for 15 minutes. The
penny took the string out of the bite immediately. I still wasn't sure what
was going to happen.

In the meantime the hornets were attacking Shelley and she got stung
on the thumb. Again the penny. The next morning I could only see the spot
where he had stung me. No redness, no swelling. Went over to see Shelley
and hers was the same. Couldn't even tell where she got stung. Then Shelley
got stung again on Monday night on her back---cutting the grass. This penny
thing is going to make us money at school. Again it worked.

Just wanted to share the marvelous information in case any of you are
experiencing the same problem at home. We need to have a stock of pennies
on hand at school and at home.

The Dr. said somehow the copper in the penny counteracts the bite. I
would never had believed it. But it definitely does work.

So remember this little bit of wisdom and pass it on to your friends,
children, grandchildren, etc.







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I don't buy this penny bit. Bee venom, as with all Hymenoptera, is primarily formic acid with a few polypeptides thrown in. As it is subdermal, there is no way that a penny can come in contact with it, unless there is enough pressure to force it to the surface, in which case the formic acid will react with the copper to form non-irritating copper formate. More likely, the pressure disperses the formicacid into the tissues where it can be neutralized. If you are slightly allergic to Hymenoptera stings, take an antihistamine. If you are severely allergic and in danger of anaphylactic shock, you should carry an atropine syrette and/or wear a medicalert    bracelet or necklace for the EMT's. Gently remove (do not squeeze) the sac by scraping witha knife or fingernail. and the ER.

By the way, if your MD is prescribing antibiotics for bee/hornet stings, consider malpractice before you pay the bill. When stung by a honeybee, remember that the venom sac pulls out, the barbed stinger remains in the flesh, and the sac continues to contract and inject venom. Other Hymenoptera, including ants, have smooth stingers and can administer multiple stings. Fire ants are particularly nasty. They lock on with the mandibles, swing the abdomen in a circle and deliver one sting after another.


Tom



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