Wasp Stings - avoid 31 July

[buzzingtalk]

HMM! That sounds like a similar set-up to my OH's house. His mum ended up having all the Ivy ripped down from the house last summer (a BIG job) and pest control came round and sorted the nest out - this summer there has been noticably less wasps, just a few here or there. There was another nest near the apple tree but they didnt bother us at all compared to last year when the Ivy was still up.

[chris]

Seems to be a few around my raspberries, but nothing major - they don't seem to be bothered by me picking fruit and shooing them out of my way..

That said though, I did get stung in the neck when I was 16 odd, working in a petshop - on the phone to a customer. Don't think the dear old lady had heard such language before... really painful! So, if I see them getting agitated I leave now Before then I'd have just flicked them away heh, guess I learnt the hard way!

[Madasafish]

Ibuprofen?

I've looked round the Net, but can't find anything about the link between ibuprofen and bee stings. However, I've found plenty of advice (from doctors) saying you should take it for bee stings

Can anyone cite any sources?

see..


Bee Stings... Reactions... Normal and Abnormal

There is lots of anecdotal evidence...
A very sobering experience! - Beekeeping Forum

Warning - a VERY long read on the effects of bee stings..

My advice is NEVER use ibprofen when you are stung or at risk of being stung...

[davetheforker]

2001 was the last time i got stung by a wasp,i was working in umbria renovating a farmhouse that had stood empty for 15 years.i counted 40 wasp nests in the roof as we were taking the tiles off.
me and my brother-in-law got stung once each,the horseflies done more damage

[elizajay]

I got stung on the sole of my foot when I trod on a wasp while posting on the Grapevine earlier this year. It had been crawling on the carpet unseen under the computer desk. Felt like a nail had been hammered in to my bare foot, and took all day for the "hot and cold at the same time" tingling to settle down.

Same thing happened to me. I stood on it in the bathroom. Hurt like crazy, put on antihistamine cream and that helped. But then the ITCHING stage of recovery drove me around the bend!!!

[adamhartree]

theres loads of wasps about by me, there really big aswell, its as if they have been taking steroids or something lol

[Chef_uk]

Last time i got stung was 15 years ago when i was 15 at Sea Cadet camp. I used to catch them in my hand and release them before getting stung. Was quite successful until i forgot to open my hand once.

I've grown up since then, promise

[buzzingtalk]

the nest might be in the ground - also if you are allergic to wasps it might be useful to know that they love to feed off ivy so if you have it on your house/next door have it, be careful! we had some in a ground nest a few years ago, in between our house covered in ivy and the apple tree, there were hundreads of the things by summer and ended up ripping down all of the ivy from the house and calling in pest control and having the hive dealt with. now, there are hardly any, just an abundance of bees and honey bees