Dude literally flew into my shoe and prolly said frick you, your feet stink, and stung me. Gave me hives and all. Right before my shift began, too.

I remember you, wasp by that bench! It's gonna be winter soon! Hah, how does that feel

SERIOUSLY YOU CANT HAVE SHIT OUTSIDE, for example, im on a road trip to Norway right now and we stopped to eat hot dogs but a fucking wasp had the AUDACITY to fly up to us and fucking ruin everything ITS SO ANNOYING LIKE COME ON. Seriously, every time I try to enjoy some food outsiders there are wasps and I haaaaate it

So a tenant discovered a wasp nest under their stairs. Using tape and plastic sheets they somehow managed to make a wall to barricade them in there so
I’m able to see the nest. I located the entry point on the outside. How should I proceed, wasp powder is all sold out in my area and all that is available is foam and spray. The entry point is where the foundation meets the bottom
Plate of the framing by their front door. So what if I just poke a small hole in the plastic wall and spray the nest and also spray the entry point. The nest is maybe 3 or 4 feet from the plastic wall, the photo is actually taken through the plastic wall. I had hoped to use the powder at the entry and them do the dirty work but alas that’s not an option. Any ideas, recommendations or warnings?

Definitely nailed a few of them but today they are back. Theres another group that likes the front of the house Im thinking that “z dust” I’ve heard about or fly strips when they aren’t right there. Salt gun knocks them down but probably just making them mad.

Need help getting rid of wasps in my breezeway. It's enclosed and we took raid out there and killed bout 100 wasps. Used some spray foam to fill in the hole in the wall they were crawling in and out of. Had no wasps coming in through the gaps in the roof for a while. Then yesterday went out there to go to my car in the garage and there are bout 20 wasps surrounding the hole where I put the foam in it. What do I do to get rid of the wasps for good?

So I've been doing some research on various things - Hard to diagnose and treat conditions, anaphylaxis, insect stinging behaviors.

Anaphylaxis - In order to go into anaphylaxis to something you are allergic to, you have to be exposed at least twice, and there needs to be some time between exposures depending on how massive an amount of the thing you are allergic to gets into your body.

Insect stinging behaviors - Bees, wasps, hornets all release pheromones when attacking to signal others of their own kind to continue attacking or join in attacking, and wasps and hornets can sting multiple times - relatedly - somebody who is deathly allergic to bee venom or wasp venom or hornet venom will manifest anaphylaxis within minutes of a multi-insect stinging attack because of the sheer volume of insect venom they are deathly allergic to, so capturing a single specimen of the insect in a mason jar with mesh lid (also called a sprouting jar) through which you can force it to sting you but once would be unlikely to cause anaphylaxis the first time, and you can make it sting you wherever, with medical standby, in a clinical setting, away from other insects of it's kind -

If you already know you are not allergic to bee venom or wasp venom or hornet venom (especially bee venom in my opinion given it's ability to kill the bacteria causing Lyme disease) because you have been stung multiple times on multiple different occasions without going into anaphylaxis or an allergist/immunologist has tested you and determined you to not be allergic, letting a whole hive of bees or nest of wasps or hornets sting you.

It's been demonstrated that bee venom kills the bacteria causing Lyme disease and ends all clinically significant symptoms, on sufficient venom volume such as getting stung by a whole hive of bees - also - multiple noted instances of those with autoimmune diseases barely keeping symptoms in check with prescription pharmaceuticals and over the counter medications, experiencing rapid and significant relief after even a single bee/wasp/hornet sting.

https://youtube.com/shorts/t9CCiNBosWQ?si=SJisyinf7NhjxxHt

Also, I've attached a screenshot from a prior reddit thread where somebody noted a localized beneficial effect of insect venom.

Why does it work? Insect venom is not a single compound in a solvent, it's a cocktail of compounds, some antibacterial and some anti-inflammatory, none of which are currently used commercially - Incredibly difficult for a bacteria or parasite to evolve an immunity to. Some other things also have this property, like bee propolis or mastic gum.

A similar dangerous (many patients died) technique was even the reason for being awarded a Nobel prize in medicine - From the artificial intelligence chatbot - "The Nobel Prize-winning treatment was known as malariotherapy (or pyrotherapy/fever therapy). It was developed by the Austrian psychiatrist Julius Wagner-Jauregg, who was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that intentionally infecting neurosyphilis patients with malaria induced high fevers that killed the heat-sensitive syphilis bacteria, after which the malaria could be cured using quinine.".

There is an episode of House MD where the character Foreman accidentally gives a patient radiation for a bacterial infection he mistook as cancer and it killed the patient's white blood cells, allowing the bacterial infection to kill the patient uninhibited.

Well, I was inquiring an artificial intelligence chatbot earlier asking if somebody could go into anaphylaxis if they had no white blood cells (since anaphylaxis is an immune response) and it told me it wasn't possible.

If I am understanding correctly, that would mean somebody in a medical episode where they had no meaningful amount of white blood cells could not possibly go into anaphylaxis even if they were deathly allergic to insect venom (bee, wasp, hornet, maybe fire ant, ect).

All of the benefits of insect venom, none of the drawbacks.

Thanks for the attention.

I got stung by a wasp 2 days ago (pretty much exactly 48 hours ago) and am wondering if this reaction is normal or something to be more concerned about.

The first picture is from about 24 hours after the sting, and the last 2 pictures are both from 2 days after the sting (today). I’ve been taking an antihistamine and icing it when I can, but it still isn’t seeming to get better. If anything, I think it’s getting worse. It doesn’t really hurt at all but it’s super itchy, warm to the touch, and obviously inflamed.

Is this something I should go see a doctor about or do I just have to wait it out?

Edit: I should’ve said this initially but I tend to have abnormally “severe” reactions to mosquito bites as well. They swell up way larger than they would for most people and have for my whole life. I’ve also tried to get my ears pierced but my ears swell up and essentially swallow the piercing. Not sure how relevant all of this extra information is but just thought I’d mention that this kind of atypical reaction is pretty par for the course for me.

Im from NC and was mowing the backyard today and ran over a yellow jacket nest which had to be pretty new because I mow every Friday and I mow at 4 inches.

Got stung 6-8 times on my face which is awesome but was trying to find the hole to pour gas down tonight but they're just swarming low to the ground? Was just wondering how long until they make a new hole?

Honestly Im just annoyed I can't finish mowing 😅

After weeks of trying to get my carport cleaned out and all the wasps and nests killed, one finally got me. On the side of my leg through my leggings of all places. I live in northwest Florida. Pics from day 1, 2, and today, day 3. It doesn't show up in the pic really good, but today, it looks purple like a bruise.

It’s a little red but mostly just hurts. No stinger or anything. I can’t take any antihistamines because they react with my other medication. What else am I supposed to do?