The folks at the Beekeepers Association recommended putting a few drops of ammonia directly on the sting right after the incident. I tried it and sure enough the pain just went away within a minute or two. The swelling however, still was bothersome. I wonder if a person can combine the ammonia treatment with the meat tenderiser treatement some how. Teri On Fri, 30 Jul 1993, Bee Surgeon wrote: > Wouldn't the meat tenderizer also make your arm or finger tenderized ? > and the protease in it would probably not only degrade the venom protein, > but also your skin or muscle protein as well :). I d rather take the sting! > > > This NOTE is a reply to: > ------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 10:27:20 -0700 > >Reply-To: Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]> > >Sender: Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]> > >From: enter your name here <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: bee-sting antidote > >To: Multiple recipients of list BEE-L <[log in to unmask]> > >In-Reply-To: note of 07/30/93 07:09 > > > >Mr. Beard - You might intertested to know that ordinary meat tenderizer pur- > >chased at a grocery store works wonders on bee stings (as well as mosquito > >bites). I simply shake a little of the tenderizer salt (which contains a > >protease to degrade the venom) on my hand, mix it in a few drops of water > >and smear the mixture on the sting site. In minutes the stinging lessens > >and rarely does redness and swelling develop. Winifred Doane, ASU > > > >-- (enter your signature here) (5-xxxx)