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Oh man, that's a lot of bees!

I got stung almost 300 times on my left leg alone when I accidentally stepped into a yellow jacket nest in a bank of the Brazos River (my leg sank to about mid-thigh). I was teenager, maybe 14 years old at the time.

My dad used an entire carton of smokes to draw the poison out of the stings while he rushed me to the hospital to get 5, yes 5, antihistimine shots. My legs were swollen for a week (the right leg took many hits, too).

That is my worst injury to date and I am now allergic to yellow jackets. Bee stings suck.
 
"We're talking millions of bees," said Don Grogan, owner of Sedona Honey Co. in Las Vegas, who was helping with the cleanup. "And tomorrow they'll all be dead. ... It breaks my heart."
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Originally posted by: Mwilding
Originally posted by: MegatomicMy dad used an entire carton of smokes to draw the poison out of the stings...
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how does THAT work? :Q
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I would like to know also...

 
They all died... that's pretty sad.

We had 12 hives when I was a kid. My father got rid of them after he accidently bumped a swarm out of a tree onto my mom. They were both fully covered but the bees didn't seem to care. 😛
 
I don't know guys, I just know that the doctor praised him for it. My best guess is that the nicotine acted like an astringent and restricted blood flow to the sites of the stings keeping the poison from being spread throughout my body. Also, the fibrous nature of the tobacco may have produced some capillary action that drew the poison up, I seem to remember the stuff getting sticky after a few minutes.

Maybe someone else here is more versed than I am...
 
I think the cigarette uses capilary action to draw the venom out? I've heard you can draw the wax out of your ears with a lit cigarette.
 
It affected traffic here all afternoon.

The major highway intersection in downtown LV had the exit ramps closed.
Problem started about 2PM. Still was affrecting late rush hour traffic.

Traffic could not flow from I15 into downtown. Following exits were then jammed as people tried to get off and use surface streets.
 
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