ouch!!! just got stung by 2 bees a few minutes ago - - I either have never been stung by a bee (yellow-jacket specifically) or I just don't ever remember it hurting so bad - - and forming a bump...

does anyone know what to put on a bee sting to take out the "sting???

They say meat tenderizer works well. Make sure you get the stingers out right away (in the case of honeybees). Reaction to bee stings is accumulative, so try not to get stung again, and if you do, expect a more severe reaction next time. Buy yourself a good first aid kit. I've never found anything that really took the pain/itch away other than about 4 margueritas on an empty stomach. It will still hurt, but you won't give a hoot! Catty (who has used that remedy for lots of ailments)

I know this is too late for last night, but for future reference:

Sting toxins may be denatured or neutralized by heat or acids such as: vinegar, acetic acid, malic acid and urine (eeww).
A paste of baking soda or meat tenderizer may help relieve pain.

If all else fails, use Catty's last suggestion there!

When my son was 3 years old he was seat belted in his power wheels jeep and ran into a yellow jacket nest in some firewood that he hit. We lost count at around 90 stings. We rush him to the ER. He did fine the had us put meat tenderizer and baking soda mixed with water and make a paste and put it over the sting. It worked great. He wanted bandaids on each one. We have a picture of him covered with bandaides. The meat tenderizer breaks down the protein in the venom just like it breaks down the protein to tenderize meat. I keep it around now at all times. Needless to say he is 9 now and very paranoid of any kind of flying insect.

Best quick remedy I've found for the a bee sting is asprin. But don't swallow it! Wet the bee sting with water and rub an asprin over it until the asprin completely desolves. Now this will need to be regular asprin, not coated or buffered, and not tylenol. If it is coated, you can usually scrape the coating off with a knife. Once the asprin is disolved, you can cover with a bandage for a couple of hours. The pain will stop almost imdediatly, and the stinger will be easy to remove after a couple of hours have passed.




P.S. Works great on splinters as well!

But the problem is, you must get that stinger out at once (honeybees). Use tweezers, your fingernail or teeth, but get it out because as long as it stays embedded it continues to pump toxin. It may also give you comfort to know that a honeybee gives his life when he stings you, because with the ripped-out stinger comes half his abdomen, and...well, perhaps you might not want to use your teeth.

Catty (who grows long fingernails for situations such as this)