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Bee Stings!!!
Filed Under (Fact and Fancy) by WendyF on 25-05-2008
This information may be something to remember, as this season will soon be here
again…
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 string 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!
Please remember and pass this information on to your friends, children,
grandchildren, etc.








This is a urban legend, I have seen the same story several places
When I was a kid my Mother used to make a paste with baking soda and water and apply it to a bee sting, which also draws it out. I have never heard of a penny, quite interesting.
Another thing that will make you go euuww is, my ex-husband had an ear infection once that he just couldn’t get rid of, and an old time doctor told him to put piss in his ear. Yes that’s right! Piss. After trying everything else out unsuccessfully, he finally tried it, and it worked.