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[Betty Mayfield <bmayfield@columbia-center.org>]

To the list,

The last time I was stung by anything I was throwing rocks at a yellow 
jacket nest when I was 10 years old. (OK, I deserved it!)

I had been stung a couple times previously and knew that it meant pain 
followed by an hour or so of moderate swelling, but this time I had read 
about the baking soda remedy, so when I felt the pain like a burning needle 
in my forehead, I rushed to the kitchen, made a soda paste and slapped it 
on my face. The pain left immediately, and there was no swelling. I have 
never had occasion to use this remedy again, but if I were stung I would 
head for the soda.

Betty Mayfield


At 07:11 PM 8/18/03 -0400, Tom wrote:
> 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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