This is NO joke! Be Ware of the Bee's!!!!

bad by us to,yellowjackets are brutal,hope yer son gets better soon

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  Tell your son that a man from Scarborough in England sends his best wishes and hopes that he will soon be well. Must have been a nasty experience for him. I know as I was attacked by a swarm of wasps when I was about 14, not and experience I would like to repeat.

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Yip been there done that. Hurts like hell and then the swelling starts to itch!
Not a pleasant experience. I was attacked AGAIN metal detecting a little while back . The best thing to do if they're after you is run through bushes.They can't follow and you can lose them very quickly .They just carry on buzzing around the bush.
Our African bees are pretty aggressive .It doesn't take much to get them going. I would definitely get your son a anti histamine to carry with him. that looks like a nasty allergic reaction.He did get hit 3 times though.That's a lot of poison in such a small face.
Give him my best wishes will ya!
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Homefire, tell your son an old guy in Australia sends him best wishes for recovery. Several US states have authorized pharmacies to give out atropine pens if you walk in and tell them you are a bee sting victim. Check your local pharmacy and see. Most restaurants now keep them in the first aid box for anyone who has a peanut (or other nut) allergy.

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I'm highly allergic to yellow jackets.  Other types of wasps, hornets and bees don't bother me other than the pinch and localized swelling if I get stung, but a single yellow jacket sting will send me into anaphlactic shock within a matter of minutes.  As a result I keep benedryl and an epipen (epinephren auto injector) in close proximity to me whenever I'm out and about.  I will tell you though... those autoinjectors HURT.  They hurt much worse than the bee sting itself does.  You get over the pain of the bee sting in an hour or two, but you walk around feeling like a horse kicked you in the thigh for a week after you slap yourself with that autoinjector.  They have wicked nasty thick needles on them, and punch about 5ml of liquid into the muscle almost instantly, tearing the muscle tissue because it goes in so fast.  Only about .3mg of that is epinephrine, so why they need such a big needle and so much delivery fluid is beyond me.  Perhaps it's because they're trying to avoid people abusing them to get high... and if that's the case it certainly is a good deterent.

Sorry to hear the little fellow got popped, but if he didn't show any signs of anaflaxis, he probably won't need an autoinjector.  Swelling is common around the sting sites.  It's the allergic reaction which is indicated by the throat closing up, lymph nodes under the armpits swelling, etc. that indicate the need for an autoinjector.  Unless he shows those types of reactions, an autoinjector won't do him any good anyway, as it won't take care of the localized swelling from the sting.  It only helps with an anaphlactic reaction, and it'll certainly make him howl a lot more than the bee stings did.

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