TAKING AWAY THE STING: This info comes from one of our members.

It might be wise to carry a penny in your pocket while working
in the yard.......... BEE STINGS !

A couple of weeks ago, I was stung by both a bee and hornet
while working in the garden.

My arm swelled up, so I went to the doctor. The clinic gave me
cream and an antihistamine. The next day the swelling was
getting progressively worse, so I went to my regular doctor. The
arm was Infected and needed an antibiotic.The doctor told me - "
The next time you get stung, put a penny on the bite for 15
minutes".

That night, my niece was stung by two bees. I looked at the
bite and it had already started to swell. So, I taped a penny
to her arm for 15 minutes. The next morning, there was no sign
of a bite. We decided that she just wasn't allergic to the sting.

Soon, I was gardening outside. I got stung again, twice by a
hornet on my left hand. I thought, here I go again to the doctor
for another antibiotic.

I promptly got my money out and taped two pennies to my bites,
then sat and sulked for 15 minutes. The penny took the sting
out of the bite immediately.

In the meantime the hornets were attacking, and my friend was
stung on the thumb. Again the penny. The next morning I could
only see the spot where the hornet had stung me. No redness, no
swelling. My friend's sting was the same; couldn't even tell
where she had been stung.

She got stung again, a few days later upon her back---cutting
the grass! And the penny worked once again.

Wanted to share this marvelous information in case you
experience the same problem. We need to keep a stock of
pennies on hand.

The doctor said that the copper in the penny counteracts the bite.
It definitely works!