said by robbin :

I keep these handy for just such occasions. They work really well on wasp stings.

said by Warzau :

That doesn't work worth squat. I had wasp and paper daubers even though I had those up.

said by cacroll :

I was once on a fishing boat anchored offshore, where yellowjackets were flying in from the shore, and they would land on our caught fish, and chew the meat up to take home.

A guy on the boat had binoculars.

We sat waaay back from the meat, and observed.

Those fuckers have teeth.

I am not exaggerating, or joking.

Yellow jacket stings are particularly nasty because yellow jackets don't just sting; they bite and sting, and sting, and sting, and sting until there's no more stingin' to be done.

said by jchambers28 :

the problemb is there are hundreds of them.

said by cacroll :

I was once on a fishing boat anchored offshore, where yellowjackets were flying in from the shore, and they would land on our caught fish, and chew the meat up to take home.

A guy on the boat had binoculars.

We sat waaay back from the meat, and observed.

Those fuckers have teeth.

I am not exaggerating, or joking.

said by wilbilt :

The European variety that is infesting us here in Nor Cal is not red, but black & yellow. They are colored similarly to yellowjackets, but are different physically and in their behavior.

said by mityfowl :

I don't think they bite!

said by milbrath :

They are only down south for one reason...they don't hibernate well at all. We had a late freeze 2 years ago here in TN, they still have not recovered well from that. Things are darned mean, i don't go around killing anything, but if I even see a wasp...it's dead! Been stung one to many times by those little buggers.

said by jmorlan :

A Google search of Hot-shot No-pest strips indicates that they do contain Dichlorvos (DDVP).

said by Time :

They typically don't bother me, I've had one land on me and not lay a scratch. They're also one of the better pollinators, so they are quite valuable. I've never seen one sting unless you're in close proximity to the nest, and even then, you'd have to actually corner one to piss it off.

The big ones that you have to watch out for are Carpenter Bees (are you sure you got stung by a Bumblebee?). The males don't have a stinger, but in the Southwestern USA (NV and CA), the females are black and DO have stingers (males are light brown). I've been divebombed by the females more times than I can count. »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylocopa_varipuncta

said by cacroll :

Sometimes, they bite. And that hurts, just no venom to make the wound swell up.

I see one of those little fuckers, he dies.

said by Time :

I don't tolerate any sort of flying stinging insects besides Bumblebees.

said by jay_rm :

ONE of those little ba$tards got me right on the ring finger joint two weeks ago. Not only did my finger AND hand AND upper arm swell to gigantic proportions, I also had a bit of a allergic reaction and started to get face and airway swelling - first time that ever happened.