[crapaud]

There was a tragic accident  :cry: on our lawn, last sunday, when a hard-working honeybee, feeding on the clover,left his sting, and 1/3 of his body, in my left foot. :shock:

Said foot has taken 4 days to resume normal size and colour, :!:  :!:
even though I used antihistamine cream; pills; iced water and elevated rest.

Can anyone suggest additional treatment :?: , apart from getting an expensive jab :shock:  from the doc?

[Angelah]

Bit late now, but we've always bathed the injured area in vinegar as soon as its happened, works a treat - and I react quite badly most of the time if we don't use the vinegar!

[Trillium]

Be thankful you didn't have to jab yourself with an EPI pen. As the swelling is going down, I'd just suggest the vinegar treatment and keep an eye on it. If it's taking too long to heal, then you'd best see a doctor in case there's something else at fault.
And wear shoes next time.  

[crapaud]

Thanks for the info, folks.

Funny about the vinegar, cos my sis-in-law said that was what Jack did, went to bed, and wrapped his head, in vinegar and brown paper. :?

I got stung by 2 wasps, a couple of weeks ago and had thought I'd develop an immunity by now. Obviously not.  :o

Going to mow the lawn today, dressed like a spaceman :!:  

[DD.]

I thought bee stings were acidic & are best treated with bicarbonate of soda, whereas wasp stings are alkaline & they benefit from the vinegar treatment.

Hence getting stung by wasps won't help with immunity from bee stings as they are completely different!

[Swing Swang]

That's what I thought too.

Dad taught me,
'bicarbonate for bees and winigar for wopsies!'

[gobs]

I thought bee stings were acidic & are best treated with bicarbonate of soda, whereas wasp stings are alkaline & they benefit from the vinegar treatment.

Hence getting stung by wasps won't help with immunity from bee stings as they are completely different!

Yep, also must add as for matter of importance, that being stung by a bee is life thretaning to some folks, sensitive, within no time as well, nothing to do with wasps at all, which was always vinegar, too, by my very foreign granny.