Bee Stings when Cycling

[ColinJ]

What ever you do, don't get stung "down there". Not recommended.

I can confirm that!

 

[Alan Frame]

What ever you do, don't get stung "down there". Not recommended.

Old joke alert...

"Doc, can you take the pain away, but leave the swelling?"

 

[Globalti]

In South Africa people out in the bush often carry a venom extractor syringe for stings. I've seen one in action so many years ago when GtiJ got stung by a wasp as we walked out I took him back indoors and found an old syringe, pressing the nozzle carefully over the puncture hole in his skin and withdrawing the plunger. To my surprise I actually saw a tiny bead of clear venom appear. The pain disappeared and within seconds he was a happy chappy, with no pain and no redness around the sting. I guess this depends on quick action to succeed, before the venom spreads.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Old joke alert...

"Doc, can you take the pain away, but leave the swelling?"

Beat me to it.

 

[Racing roadkill]

You're lucky it didn't get you on the tongue....happened to a neighbour one time,tongue swelled up and she nearly choked herself to death.

Vinegar is a good painkiller,but if you were to carry 'a bit of this,and a bit of that' for every potential mishap you'd need panniers

Wasp stings are close to pH neutral, so acetic acid ( vinegar ) won't do anything. Bee stings are slightly acidic ( pH 5.5 ), so toothpaste or chalk will neutralise it. However this won't stop the pain, the acidity isn't what makes it hurt, unlike an ant sting.

http://www.science.ca/askascientist/viewquestion.php?qID=2230"

 

[glasgowcyclist]

[QUOTE 4913091, member: 9609"]WOW, the pain was just astonishing[/QUOTE]

I feel your pain.

I've only once been stung, by a wasp that was on the underside of my digestive biscuit as I took a bite. Little bastard got me on the tongue.

 

[CUBE CRD]

Wasp stings are close to pH neutral, so acetic acid ( vinegar ) won't do anything. Bee stings are slightly acidic ( pH 5.5 ), so toothpaste or chalk will neutralise it. However this won't stop the pain, the acidity isn't what makes it hurt, unlike an ant sting.

http://www.science.ca/askascientist/viewquestion.php?qID=2230"

I have just read the paragraph beginning...."Many people (below)...."

Doesn't suggest to me that it's a definitive NO that vinegar has no effect

 

[Jenkins]

Last year I had five bee/wasp stings - two on my legs, two on my arms and one on the chest. Thankfully no reaction other than some rather impressive swelling...

As a result, this year I've carried ant-histamine cream around with me and not been stung yet!

 

[Tim Hall]

Last year I had five bee/wasp stings - two on my legs, two on my arms and one on the chest. Thankfully no reaction other than some rather impressive swelling...
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As a result, this year I've carried ant-histamine cream around with me and not been stung yet!

I think that's how Robert Forstermann got started.