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Happened to me about a decade ago and stupid is as stupid does

Just walked away from the mower of course, but it was too late. So was almost done with the yard and needed to get on the road so took a shower (stupid) and then realized I was having a reaction. Been stung multiple times by various (Dad had bee hives, wasps, yellow jackets previously....) but this one got me..... Took Benadryl so was not a big deal, but hope I never have to deal with that again.... and I know with one reaction the next could be more.
Posted: 08/01/2022 at 03:11 PM ET
(In response to this post by Chris Coleman)

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Not a fun summer. After falling in June (T3 Vertebra fracture), yesterday
HokieNLot11 • 08/01/22 02:31 PM ET
...St.Ambrose bless! dang. : (**
bourbonstreet • 08/01/22 10:26 PM ET
Sorry to hear that. Ouch. But big fun with a basketball sized hornets nest
Spudnut • 08/01/22 08:43 PM ET
Eradicating yellow jackets is fairly easy once you know where the...
EDGEMAN • 08/01/22 05:35 PM ET
And then follow up with a lit cherry bomb poked down the hole.**
IB4TECH • 08/01/22 09:35 PM ET
Meh. Gasoline and a match is way more fun. **
vthokieq • 08/01/22 07:04 PM ET
Course, the trick is finding THEM before they find YOU! Still, good advice!**
HOKIERIT • 08/01/22 05:40 PM ET
Every time I push my mower blindly into a brush at the edge of my property,
HokieSignGuy • 08/01/22 03:34 PM ET
I ran over a nest once cutting the grass. I lost count of how many times ->
HOKIERIT • 08/01/22 05:51 PM ET
stepped in a ground nest in the woods when I was about 11...awful**
MrBayAreaHokie • 08/01/22 03:19 PM ET
happened to me on a golf course way back when. It's part of the reason
reestuart • 08/01/22 03:29 PM ET
My exterminator came
VTUD • 08/01/22 02:59 PM ET
Hope you were not stung. Nasty little bastards. **
HokieNLot11 • 08/01/22 03:05 PM ET
Not yet. My wife
VTUD • 08/01/22 03:36 PM ET
he's gonna dress up like a BEE? to trick them?**
bigbadbird • 08/01/22 03:05 PM ET
Will he be "buzzing off"? Wait, "Killer Bees" on SNL **
TomTurkey • 08/01/22 08:51 PM ET
Anti-shun**
EDGEMAN • 08/01/22 05:37 PM ET
Plans to dress
VTUD • 08/01/22 03:35 PM ET
I have one of those karate dummies with the water base for the kids
bigbadbird • 08/01/22 02:55 PM ET
I remember push-mowing over a nest of them one time.
Chris ColemanAdmin • 08/01/22 02:38 PM ET
I used to do that all the time high school - the jackets made me pay**
Baltimore Hokie • 08/01/22 03:54 PM ET
Happened to me about a decade ago and stupid is as stupid does ◄
turkeywinghokie • 08/01/22 03:11 PM ET
I learned that too. Because the venom stays in your system & accumulates..**
HOKIERIT • 08/01/22 07:43 PM ET
Wife has an emergency kit for this type of thing , (Epi pen, Benadryl,
HokieNLot11 • 08/01/22 03:19 PM ET
Had tree work done last week. Climber put his hand on a nest of
Kappa Sig Hokie • 08/01/22 08:05 PM ET
Lost a coworker that way - mowed over a nest, many stings, bought the farm**
FfxStationHokie • 08/01/22 02:39 PM ET
We had a nest 10 years ago that looked like the Atlanta airport with so
RoswellGAHokie • 08/01/22 02:33 PM ET