Timothy C. Eisele <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>tape a penny over the site of the sting.

Thanks Tim!
I have added the penny remedy to my list.
I have found a few obscure remedies that are similar to the penny remedy 
that may be of interest.

This bee sting cure written in 1889, but perhaps has been rooted much 
earlier.

“A silver coin supplied to a bee sting is believed to not only remove the 
pain but to extract the sting.” (43) 

Perhaps nowadays, inflation, or rarity of the availability of silver coins 
necessitates that the coinage used be reduced to the penny.  ;)

Another bee sting remedy using metal 

“Don’t scream and howl when stung by a bee, but just run for the shears, 
or in fact anything in the way of steel.  Then press the wound firmly with 
the steel and the poison will soon come out.” (46) 

Best Wishes
Joe 
feralbeeproject.com

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