Had that happen in a wilderness area once..I
was advised by a Search and Rescue friend with whom I was riding to get to the
nearest water and smother the stings with mud and let it dry on my skin. By the
time I got home, there was little if any evidence of the bites and no pain,
swelling or itching...
Ranelle
-----Original Message----- From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Suvut@xxxxxxx Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004
4:39 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] BEES
!!!
Just wanted to remind everyone that it is now
BEE season! I had a pretty awful experience this weekend when my horse
and I were swarmed by some very angry yellow jackets. This was the first
bee experience for my youngster, and I must say -- he handled it as well as
could be expected.
He was stung several times and proceeded to
fling hmself about trying to escape them. At one point, he actually went
down on the ground. How I stayed on, I'll NEVER know! But at least
he didn't buck or rear over backwards. It took some convincing (with me
yelling and kicking for all I was worth) to get him to move on down the trail
-- he just wanted to stay there and fight them! But finally he did trot
off smartly (it took about 60 seconds).
When we got back to the trailer, I counted 30
bee stings on me. Couldn't see them on him because of his new winter
coat coming in. I was in horrible pain for about 18 hours -- and
now am in horrible discomfort from the AWFUL itching, but thankfully
am not allergic. I can't imagine I would have survived if I had
been! Got a shot this morning for the pain and swelling and am
bathing in baking soda and coating the bites with cortisone
cream.
I am very proud of my little guy for keeping
his head in this situation (well sort of) !! :) It's
all a learning experience ........
