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["Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>]

I have been stung a couple of times this year in the leg.  Both have been
slightly painful, but stings in other places have been worse.  One summer I
was stung right above my eye.  The reaction was severe.  One eye was swollen
shut that day.  The swelling spread to the other eye by the next day.  I
looked like a Klingon from Star Trek.  Since the tissue around the face
doesn't have alot of room to expand into as it swells, it was very painful.
If you get stung in the face and swelling is rapid, I would recommend going
to the emergency room asap, as I did.
-Mark

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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Tom Olenio
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 4:12 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Re: hornets and wasp


Hello,

A "sting" has to be very personal.  As individual a response as there are
variations in our immune
response, combined with pain thresholds.

My last yellow jacket sting gave a burning sensation when I got it, but the
worst part was the itch
that followed.  I have had my share of itchiness (poison ivy, etc.) and none
compared to that last
sting on my ankle.  I do not recall yellow jacket stings being itchy in my
youth, but I am older,
and our bodies change.

When I was a boy, the doctor said to make a paste of baking soda.  Today
"After-Bite" is really
just ammonia.

What is the best after care for a sting?

Later,
Tom

tanis cuff wrote:

> Are "bald faced hornets" the ones which are black & white-- black with
white
> design ?   I've found that, of all the stinging insects, these have the
most
> painful sting.   The little yellow ground nesters ("german yellow-jackets"
> ?) sting so pitifully, at first I wonder what bramble I've bumped into.
> But the bald-faced I DO NOT mess with !
>
> Or is sting perception an individual thing ?
>
> Tanis Cuff, s.WI, mostly bumblebees around my place though
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: list@ginda.us
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> To: griffingardens@earthlink.net,North American Fruit Explorers
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Re: hornets and wasp
> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:47:13 -0400
>
> Ouch!
>
> I've had moderate luck using a long stick to knock the nest down, and
> letting the skunks and whatnot take it from there.
>
> Ginda
>
> On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 08:09  AM, Griffin Gardens wrote:
>
> >Good morning,
> >
> >I just learned something that might be of interest to anyone having to
deal
> >with bald-faced hornets - the kind that build the Japanese lantern like
> >nests suspended from small diameter tree branches. I have two nests in
the
> >yard: one in a basswood in an out of the way corner of the yard that is
> >easily avoided, and the other in my ready-for-applesauce Whitney crab. I
am
> >content to let the grass grow in the basswood area, but I am out of
> >applesauce and need to get rid of the hornets now, Whitneys being the
ripe
> >at 12:00 PM, mush by noon type apple.
> >
> >What I learned is that hornets do not go into the nest on windy, humid
> >nights with a low temp of 75 F. Rather they gather around the opening
> >waiting in the dark for someone to come along with a can of insecticide
in
> >one hand and a flash light in the other, so they can sting him in his
ample
> >forehead when he approaches and turns on the light. Bonus lesson: this
kind
> >of weather makes hornets just as cranky as it does the humans.
> >
> >I'll try the soapy water as soon as the swelling goes down if I am able
to
> >screw up my courage sufficiently.
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >
> >From: Lon J. Rombough
> >To: North American Fruit Explorers
> >Sent: 8/8/03 8:18:30 PM
> >Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Re: hornets and wasp
> >
> >One vital ingredient to using the glass jar - put it on in early morning,
> >like just at or before sunrise.  The yellowjackets won't be active or out
> >of the nest, especially if it's still dark.
> >-Lon Rombough
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Lon has an exellent method. If you don't want to get so close to the
> >stingers, flood them with soapy water. Use one of those fertilizer
sprayers
> >you can attach to your water hose, fill it with diluted liquid soap. When
> >the critters dry out, the soap will have washed away some essential body
> >oils that seal their bodies. They will dehydrate and die in a short time.
> >Of
> >course, you will be washing away some of the nutrients you built the
> >compost
> >heap for, so better use Lon's way if you can.
> >
> >Joyce
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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--
Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 5b


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