Any tips for helping with bee stings? #asknostr
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My mom would always use baking soda with a little water to make it into a paste, and then put that on the sting. Alternatively charcoal powder with water, or tobacco with water.
Co-signed. Takes me back.
Haven't tried it myself. Sounds like it would help, especially if you do it for someone else. It's the conveyance of trying to help that comforts.
This is an easy enough one to test out. I'll give it a spin and report back.
Huge thanks for this suggestion! I had taken Tylenol and Benadryl on my way home and it didn't feel like it done anything. This feels like it helped a couple of the stings drastically almost as quick as putting it on. Was by far the best remedy I tried!
preventative measures reinforced by pain
I almost wore shorts and this would have been way worse. Thank goodness I at least had pants on to prevent some of them.
yep, avoid a swarm where it can even be deadly. no allergies i hope!
Thankfully I don't have any allergies or this probably would have been bad for me. I was riding my mower on my new property and must have ran over a ground nest and of course the mower tires got stuck at the worst time and left me sitting there in a swarm of them.
Sounds like wasp or hornets, most likely not bees.
I knew it wasn't wasps because I've been familiar with those in my past. It very well could have been hornets based on what I'm seeing on google. I always thought hornets were bigger but these guys matched what I'm seeing there.
Baking soda
Tobacco
I carry Benadryl and immediately give it to anyone that's stung just to pre-empt any possible allergic reaction.
I started with the Benadryl but it wasn't doing much for me. I'm going to give the baking soda a run now that I'm home.
I read in a children’s book that rubbing onion on a bee sting dissolves the poison. I’d love to hear if it works. You know, without having to test it.
I'm fresh out of onions or I'd give this a test. Thanks for the suggestion!
If you are patient and have a pocket knife or long fingernails, use the knife to slide underneath the venom sack and scrape the stinger off thus minimizing the venom injected. If you're reflex is to quickly grab the stinger with 2 fingers squeeze and pull it out, you've just given yourself the full injection of venom. In that case, you must grin and bare it. The first 30 seconds are the worst. If you're not allergic, you'll be fine with only a local reaction. As someone else recommended, Benadryl helps.
I ended up getting stung quite a few times. I think the stingers were only stuck maybe in my ear and the rest I didn't see stuck in there. I don't think I'm allergic but would love to see this go away soon.
*bear darling
DO NOT PINCH OR PULL STINGER OUT. SCRAPE IT OFF WITH A CREDIT CARD. Benadryl for swelling and itching. Tobacco or honey on the sting site. Or, if out in the field, find plaintain (common as pig tracks), chew it into a poultice, apply to sting site.
I was just about to say the exact same thing.. 👍🏻
toothpaste or slice of onion
banana peel or vinegar
Literal? Or is this slang?
Very literal 😂
I ran over some kind of nest last night when cleaning up a new property and then my mower got stuck while they swarmed. Nostr saved me a ton of pain with the baking soda solution.