Subject: bee stings

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I got e.mail and want share it here... I have no idea if its work or not :dunno2: :D





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 stung by both a bee and hornet while
working in the garden.

My arm swelled up, so I went to the doctor. The clinic gave me
cream and an antihistamine. The next day the swelling was getting
progressively worse, so I
went to my regular doctor. The arm was Infected and needed an
antibiotic.The doctor told me - ' The next time you get stung, put
a penny on the bite for 15 minutes'.

That night, my niece was stung by two bees. I looked at the bite
and it had already started to swell. So, I taped a penny to her arm
for 15 minutes. The next morning, there was no sign of a bite. We
decided that she just wasn't allergic to the sting.

Soon, I was gardening outside. I got stung again, twice by a hornet
on my left hand. I thought, here I go again to the doctor for
another antibiotic.

I promptly got my money out and taped two pennies to my bites, then
sat
and sulked for 15 minutes. The penny took the string out of the
bite immediately.

In the meantime the hornets were attacking, and my friend was stung
on the thumb. Again the penny. The next morning I could only see
the spot where the hornet had stung me. No redness, no swelling.
My friend's sting was the same; couldn't even tell where she had
been stung.

She got stung again a few days later upon her back---cutting the
grass!
And the penny worked once again.

Wanted to share this marvelous information in case you experience the
same problem. We need to keep a stock of pennies on hand

The doctor said that the copper in the penny counteracts the bite.
It definitely works!

Please remember and pass this information on to your friends,
children,
grandchildren, etc.
 
will it work on my dog? She is allergic to hornet stings. We keep destroy their nests on the roof every few days. grrrrr.
 
Who knows what works with some individuals to ease the stings of bees, hornets, etc.? What's universal is not every remedy works every time for everybody.

For some, the copper may indeed interact with personal chemistry. There's also the cooling effect.

Keep in mind that a hornet stings and can sting again. Waving arms in panic and screaming will get you stung more.

A honeybee stinger is barbed and pulls the venom sack from her, so don't squeeze in more poison. Before medicating, first scape the stinger off with a credit card -- or the edge of a copper penny!

Most people react to stings with various degrees of severe pain and even swelling, because the venom is a powerful poison attacking local cells. That isn't the life-threatening allergic reaction.

Watch for itching palms and armpits, swelling tongue or throat, and difficulty breathing. That's anaphylaxis and requires emergency treatment. People who know they are allergic carry antihistamines like Benedryl and epinephrine injections. No copper penny or anything topical will work in that case.

When I get stung -- after arm waving, panic, and screaming while walking away from the bees -- I remove stingers with a knive blade and press the cold copper handle against the sting site for the first two minutes of most intense pain and crying, so the copper might do more than cool it. Thanks, Phillips.
 
Wow, it sounds good. But what about people who have high risk allergic of bees and wasps? Since, I have sort of allergic of them, I wouldn't able to breath very well when I get a bee's or wasp's sting. It seems a little diffcult eh?
 
Bees, can't live with them, can't live without them. Literally.
 
Hmm... this is undetermined by Snopes.

Although, it does sound kind of unusual for this person and her family members/friends getting stung too much. Sounds a bit too far fetched. :roll:
 
Did you know that if you wear brown clothes, you're more likely to be stung because they've been evolved to know that bears who like their honey...are usually brown. That's why beekeepers' protective wear is white. My source: Curious George (cartoon TV show). LOL. True? I dunno, but I'm not going to risk wearing brown clothes if I'm near a bee farm, that's for sure.
 
deafbajagal said:
Did you know that if you wear brown clothes, you're more likely to be stung because they've been evolved to know that bears who like their honey...are usually brown. That's why beekeepers' protective wear is white. True?
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Good post, DBG. The Old English and Nordic name for bear is "beowulf," the bee-wolf. Yes, bees consider the bear their worst enemy. For centuries beekeepers have known bees tend to attack dark hair and clothing. For instance, a dark horse will be stung much more than a light horse standing next to the dark one.

Although no color is complete protection, white is attacked the least. Light blue and pastels are next safest to wear.
 
I suspect -- with no more evidence than common sense -- that many animals and such are not as color-blind as we think.

Otherwise, what would be the point of some beasties having colors to attract mates and others having protective coloration?

Maybe they don't see the same colors in the same way we do, but there must be some reason for such an array of colors in the animal world.

Anyway, it seems to please bees that beekeepers wear light colored clothes.
 
Chase said:
I suspect -- with no more evidence than common sense -- that many animals and such are not as color-blind as we think.

Otherwise, what would be the point of some beasties having colors to attract mates and others having protective coloration?

Maybe they don't see the same colors in the same way we do, but there must be some reason for such an array of colors in the animal world.

Anyway, it seems to please bees that beekeepers wear light colored clothes.
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And it seems to please the beekeepers as well, I'm sure! LOL
 
I used to eat honey until I read Vampy's thread that honey is bee vomit. I checked into it...and as usual, he was right. GULP. Haven't taste a drop of honey since.
 
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