bee stings correction

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My sister walked into a ground wasp nest when she was little too.

Ran all the way home but still had several stings. She was O.K.

Normal redness and swelling at the site means there is no allergy to

the sting, body has the right enzymes to take care of the venom. For

them I give them an onion to take the venom and pain. Many think

because it ot red or swollen at the site they do have an allergy but

that is not correct.

How nice of you to clarify. Honey bee's get the blame for so much.

They are soooo unagressive cuz they die when they sting so for them

to sting it would have to be life and death, where everyother wasp

and bumble bee can sting repeatedly and are aggressive, sometimes

very.

I am a bee keeper, and although there are people who do step on, sit

on or accidently squash a honey bee and get stung, they are far and

few between. I can sit next to my hive with suntan lotion on and a

tall glass of honey lemonade and they could care less about me. I do

know people who are allergic to stings, but only 2 out of the 20 are

actually allergic to honey bee's. When people say they are allergic

to bee stings I ask them what king of " bee " , they normally say the

yellow jacket, which isn't a bee at all.

I keep lots of buffered powdered vitamin C on hand as it is a

antihistamine, one of the best I know of and very, very fast,

without the tiredness. A neighbor is allergic to honey bee stings

and needs not only the epi shot to keep him alive he also needs the

benadryl injection within 15 minutes of the epi-pin. I would be

offering him all the buffered powdered C he wanted till we could get

him to the er, to come against the allergic reaction.

His father was a bee keeper with 300 colonies, all around their

house when he grew up. He only has 5 hives going now and wants to

sell it all to me now. Poor guy will never get away from the

bee's.

bt

Onion isn't just good for bee stings, it will suck the pain out of a

sprain or bad bump too. I wrap onion on an injured site with ace

bandage and by morning, all better expect where the onion didn't

actually touch the skin. They may smell like potatoe salad for the

night, but it works. LOL

 

 

 

herbal remedies , mamapossum@a... wrote:

> OK! My cousin said it wasnt 'hundreds' of stings it was maybe 20

to 30...and

> that it wasnt honey bee...they were yellow jackets... but the

poultice used

> was of tobacco... so, I stand corrected...ahem..... <grin> well

HEY! I was

> only about 3 at the time...it sure SEEMED like hundreds! hahha

> :-)