Post by Clipper on Sept 20, 2023 21:03:06 GMT -5
www.wjhl.com/news/local/harlan-co-ky-man-killed-by-bee-swarm-attack-coroners-office-says/
Wow. This article hits close to home. I am allergic to honey bee stings and had an anaphylactic reaction back in the 80s. It happens that just today I was clearing the carport out to store my sister and brother in-law's camping trailer for them and moved several bags of potting soil and mulch to the old store building. They had been sitting on a picnic table bench most of the summer.
I have been stung by wasps since then with no adverse reactions but my doctor told me to keep Benedryl on hand and if stung and beginning to become symptomatic I should take 5 or 6 Benedryl tablets and go to the ER, just in case. We keep Benedryl in the house, in the motorhome and in the car. I suppose I should just see and allergy doc and do the de-sensitizing procedure.
The fact that the swarm that killed the man was nesting in a bag of dirt tells me that it was probably yellow jackets and those damned things swarm and attack. I got into a nest under a tree stump once several years ago and they chased me all the way to the house and stung me several times. I waited until after dark and poured about a quart of gasoline down the hole and lit it.
Wow. This article hits close to home. I am allergic to honey bee stings and had an anaphylactic reaction back in the 80s. It happens that just today I was clearing the carport out to store my sister and brother in-law's camping trailer for them and moved several bags of potting soil and mulch to the old store building. They had been sitting on a picnic table bench most of the summer.
I have been stung by wasps since then with no adverse reactions but my doctor told me to keep Benedryl on hand and if stung and beginning to become symptomatic I should take 5 or 6 Benedryl tablets and go to the ER, just in case. We keep Benedryl in the house, in the motorhome and in the car. I suppose I should just see and allergy doc and do the de-sensitizing procedure.
The fact that the swarm that killed the man was nesting in a bag of dirt tells me that it was probably yellow jackets and those damned things swarm and attack. I got into a nest under a tree stump once several years ago and they chased me all the way to the house and stung me several times. I waited until after dark and poured about a quart of gasoline down the hole and lit it.
