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In reply to the discussion: Yellow Jackets SUCK! [View all]pipi_k
(21,020 posts)15. So do plaid polyester pants...
No, seriously though...I hate those things!
I can appreciate your pain. Was out one fine warm fall day about 12 years ago...actually on my birthday...stopped at a yard sale and bought a book, didn't see the yellowjacket on the underside of it and it stung me on the thumb.
The pain radiated up my entire arm until Mr Pipi stopped at a market and bought some baking soda which I used with a bit of water to make up a paste.
I think the only stings worse than yellowjackets are wasp stings.
I like bumblebees, though
Hope you're feeling better soon.
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See my post in Gardening about how to get rid of a ground wasp nest permanently and
beac
Sep 2012
#17
Yeah, I get funny looks when I say "ibuprofen". As for Tabasco commercials...
HopeHoops
Sep 2012
#38
They'll be back. If the queen is safe, the colony will survive. Nasty fuckers - no known predators
HopeHoops
Sep 2012
#37
I swear they bite, too! Regardless, since they walk around on some pretty nasty stuff,
hedgehog
Sep 2012
#40