At 01:34 AM 7/20/98 -0700, Stephen Vinson wrote:
>
>> A 5 year old boy was playing in a field next to some apartments
>> in which some friends of mine lived. They became aware of the
>> situation when the 5-year old came by their apartment, screaming
>> at the top of his lungs "Please save me. Please don't let me die".
>> He was covered by 300 or so Yellowjacket wasps that had attacked
>> him when he fell into a hole in the ground 3 feet deep and in
>> which Yellowjackets had made a nest, apparently, for many, many
>> years. The boy died. My friends could not relate the story to
>> me and my wife without tears coming to their eyes.
I was 10 years old picking wild raspberries when I stepped on an old piece
of tin wiuth them under it, wearing shorts and a thin t-shirt. they stopped
counting at 40plus stings. Hurt like the dickens but I was fortunate NOT to
be alergic to Bees and Wasps. Sulfa on the other hand stops me cold.
>>
>
>Not as uncommon an event as one might think. Farming or rural areas
>have this happen almost every year. Thankfully most are not as tragic
>... but the young (or small in statue) and elderly are very much in
>danger in such attacks.
>
>
>A gallon of gasoline on a warm day in low to no wind can form a flash
>over for 50' to 100' in just minutes. A small amount (pint to quart) of
>10 to 1 kerosene and gasoline will burn longer and with less
>vaporization
>spread. Not as much lost yard and less danger to exposure. Be careful
>and have adequate water supply available. Also a small road flare can
>be used from farther away and safer as an ignition source.
Agree Fusees work best for long distance ignition.
>
>Also after flames have died I always powder the ground white with
>insecticide. Two commonly used ones are Sevin Dust (spelling) or
>Malathion (spelling). What the flames don't get the poison will as they
>return to the hive depths.
Sevin or Malathion work well, even against Fire Ants...
>> As for the stings themselves, I've found nothing as quick to stop
>> the pain as plain old household ammonia. It neutralizes the
>> formic acid which is what stings so badly. It is virtually
>> immediate relief. Meat tenderizers and other potions suck by
>> comparison.
We all also carry an emergency source of Ammonia....just take a leak, nasty
sounding but it works. Works well on Jellyfish stings too.
>>
>GREAT treatment ... mope on for at least 5 - 10 minutes and keep skin
>wet
>as possible. You can also use spirits of ammonia and it is eash to
>carry on tower climbs. As we all know towers attract bees and wasp more
>than they do lightning.
>
>Steve
>KD4WIW
IT's warm in cool weather and they tend to congregate there. And all those
nifty hidey holes for Mud daubers and Paper wasps to build in.
Dave
WA4EMR
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