bumble sting on nose and first eggs

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Wow! I wrote in for some help with chicken tractors up here in Wisconsin....well, my husband built me one...beautiful! Takes two of us to move it, but is sweet! He just got the nesting boxes in a few days ago, and yesterday we got our first egg a whole month before I was looking for one!

I was out caulking up all the holes and cracks in our house and getting ready to paint it before winter and filled a hole that must have been a bumblebee's home....one showed up and was he mad! He kept buzzing me, wouldn't stop, so I ran in the front door and waited in the mudroom. He hung out at the screen and wouldn't leave. I told the kids to keep away from the door and not to try and come in the house. The bumble bee chased a chicken across the yard, went after the cat, and disappeared. I went out to restart the caulk, and had just smoothed the first crack with my fingers when out of no where ZAP he stung me on the nose. i wildly hit myself in the face trying to kill him and smeared caulk all over my nose, my forehead, my hair. I ran back in the house and quit caulking for the day. My whole nose hurt, my sinuses hurt. Such fun. It was pretty funny though!

-- marcee king (thathope@mwt.net), August 15, 2001

Answers

Marcee, that is funny(but not if it's YOUR nose!"). You are going to have to caulk at night! :-) Seriously though, do you think it was a bumble bee or one of the wasps or hornets? I don't think any bee (short of an african of course)would object to you puttering around close to their hive(or maybe they are different in different parts of the country?). They don't seem to mind people at all here. But some wasps and especially hornets are a whole 'nother country! Good luck!

-- Little Quacker (carouselxing@juno.com), August 15, 2001.

maybe you should,, un caulk a little spot for her,, the bumble bees,, they doa grerat job on clover,, honey bees cant get in to pollenate the clover. I have some under my house,, a crack in the bricks,, thought about caulking them up,, but they do such a great job,, one little draft isnt that much to worry about,, just another stick on the fire

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), August 15, 2001.

LOL! LOL! Why does this bring to mind Dudley Moore in "10"?

-- Chelsea (rmbehr@istar.ca), August 15, 2001.

Marcee, Make a poultice of activated charcoal and put it on the sting. Keep it damp for 10 minutes by putting a wet papertowel on it. This will stop hurting and not swell. Sometimes you have to change the poultice every 10 minutes but it really works.

-- Dee in NJ (gdgtur@goes.com), August 15, 2001.

What's with the bees this year?? I haven't been stung for years, but two of them stung me this week. Have heard of others, especially children being stung. I mix a bit of baking soda into a paste with s drop of water and put it on them. Takes the sting away.

-- Duffy (hazelm@tenforward.com), August 16, 2001.


Ok, I didnt believe this would work at first either, but it does. Lay a fresh slice of onion on a sting to get rid of the pain and prevent swelling. Dont know why it works.

-- daffodyllady (daffodyllady@yahoo.com), August 16, 2001.

The bees and wasps are very short tempered this summer of late, I have been stung three times in the past month, and I react badly, severe swelling and itching, throbbing pain in the whole area of the sting, despite the Benedryl I take immediately upon being stung!

Benedryl and ice are the only relief that really helps if you react to insect stings, also keep the Epi-pen injectable epinephrine on hand to use in case you really have a bad reaction and your airway starts to swell shut. Your family Dr. can get you a prescription for one or two to have on hand.

-- Annie Miller in SE OH (annie@1st.net), August 16, 2001.


Bee's are bad here to .Had to take my daughter to the doctors agin and she is now on steroids and has an epi pen.

-- Patty {NY State} (fodfarms@slic.com), August 16, 2001.

I bet this might sound a little strange, but the best instant remedy for a bee sting is a little bit of moist tobacco. If you don't smoke, keep a bag of tobacco or a pack handy for this. Take about a quarter sized pinch of tobacco and wet it on a paper towel and hold it on the sting. Make sure you have gotten the stinger out. The juice from the tobacco takes the sting out and you don't get the swelling and itch that normally follows.

-- Kim Green (kwcountrygirl@aol.com), August 19, 2001.

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