My family was working in the yard Saturday, getting it ready for sale. We were cutting things down and pulling things up. Well, there happens to be a couple of wasp nests on that side of the house we were working on. All was fine for a bit, but then, after a couple of hours, the wasps started getting angry. They did what all stinging things do when they feel you are threatening their home; run into you. This is the first thing they do, not sting. They don’t like stinging you any more than you like them stinging you. Anyway, my 14 year old got stung on the arm. It was no big deal as he doesn’t react bad, usually. I did keep asking him, though. However, with the wasps getting more aggressive, we stopped working on that side of the house. I sent my son in to apply some calcium/zinc cream I make for bug bites and sunscreen as it was beginning to swell a bit. After a few seconds, he said it felt better. Within 15-20 minutes, all that was left was the mark of the sting. No redness or swelling. I thought that was pretty cool! We don’t get stung much here so haven’t been able to try this on a sting. I think it passed the test!
In case you want the recipe, here it is.
2 parts calcium carbonate
1 part zinc oxide
enough jojoba oil to make a paste
We use this for lots of things, including sunscreen, wound healing, deodorant, but bites, and now bug stings.
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Wait a dang minute. I thought wasps' venom was alkali and required vinegar. I got bald faced wasp venom smeared on my wrist last week and soaked the welt with vinegar. Worked like magic. Calcium carbonate, zinc oxide and shea butter sounds like that will work great for the acid venom from bee stings. Not that I will ever test this again since am sure stinging insects will leave me alone for the next 50 years.