The other day I was yanking weeds from around my fence-line when suddenly I felt a pinprick-like sensation on my index finger (at the knuckle closest to the fingernail). As I dropped the weeds to look at my finder I saw a bee (I think it's a carpenter bee) buzzing around, still klinging to the weeds. I'm not sure exactly how I came in contact with the bee since it stung me on the top of my hand, so it's not like I grasped it in my hand, but I must have, at least brushed along side it.
It actually drew blood, but I never saw a stinger, but I think they don't have barbs that get stuck in you like that of a honeybee. After a few minutes the pain went away and it was as if I never got stung. But then I was awoken the next morning (very early) with an extreme itching in that area and a little swelling, then is subsided a little, but not entirely. And then again this morning @ 5am I was awoken to a more intense itching sensation, more than yesterday, and more swelling. And again it subsided, but it is still a little swollen and itchy. Strange...
Here's a few pics I got. https://s1128.photobucket.com/albums/m484/76gunner/Bee%20Sting/
EDIT: I really need to get a better camera that takes very good close-up pics, I.e. manual focusing capability.
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If something like that happens again, look around for some common plantain:
[img]https://0.tqn.com/d/landscaping/1/0/-/L/common_plantain_large.jpg[/img]
It's a very common (hence the name!
) lawn weed, which will take the sting/itch/swelling right out of stings and bites. Just chew a leaf or two up a little bit to get it juicy and put it on the sting as a compress.
[img]https://0.tqn.com/d/landscaping/1/0/-/L/common_plantain_large.jpg[/img]
It's a very common (hence the name!
) lawn weed, which will take the sting/itch/swelling right out of stings and bites. Just chew a leaf or two up a little bit to get it juicy and put it on the sting as a compress.Return to “Wildlife - Gardening with Local Critters in Mind”