[BluePeep]

I got stung this last saturday by a bee who landed on my foot. SO my foot was slightly swollen, and I went and played n it all day yesterday, and I'm paying for it. I'm taking Benedryl and Tylenol but its still quite annoying. I can't wear flip flops because of the swelling.......Bees suck.

[solvegas]

I'm assuming you are not allergic to the sting. When I was a kid one of my cousins got stung by a bee and it was god awful how his neck swelled up. We almost lost him. Been stung by bees but a wasp is much, much worse. Just don't scratch it, it doesn't help.

[Ironbeard]

Should have tried toothpaste on the wound.   The baking soda and sugar in the paste help swelling and pain somehow.  (least thats what I heard)

And an aloe plant never hurts.

[pedonbio]

I'm assuming you are not allergic to the sting. When I was a kid one of my cousins got stung by a bee and it was god awful how his neck swelled up. We almost lost him. Been stung by bees but a wasp is much, much worse. Just don't scratch it, it doesn't help.

Ages ago, when I was in my late teens, I was walking along the (fairly rugged) banks of a small local river, the South Fork of the Snoqualmie. I was walking along a falled log in which a nest of very small, but very aggresive, wasps lived. The experience gave me a great respect for wild insects.