I can sympathize about the wasps thing ... turns out a herd of them decided that colonizing my BBQ was a good plan, so when I went out to cook my steak and opened the lid they all came flying out. Had to get the nice neighbour to come and get rid of them for me. Don't get me wrong, I deal with all bug situations myself - but unfortunately, I'm allergic - to the point of having an Epi-pen that i've only had to use once (hurts more than the wasps do!), and i've been stung on more than one occasion.


Try ice, callamine (spelling?) lotion, and if the itching keeps up some kind of antihistimine like Reactine can help too. Keep it clean so that infection doesn't set it, and try to resist the urge to scratch at it.


I got stung by 2 wasps once on the hand (i was stupidly turning over logs looking for salamanders when i was about 8), and got bit ... it actually looked like someone took a rubber glove and blew it up ... right up to the elbow.

Bees don't usually sting you unless you grab them, or harass the hive - mostly because they will die. The stinger and part of the back of the bee will come off (usually with the toxic sac thing) so that it can keep venoming you even after the bee is dead. Wasps and hornets will sting you for the sheer evil fun of it, partly because they dont die when they do and can sting you more than once, but mostly because they're buggers.