Yellow Jacket Sting

2016-05-05 69

Yellow Jacket ( Vespula squamosa ) & Honey bee (Apis mellifera) macro footage, showing stinging a human arm. Video shot and edited by Entomologist .
I was moving the lawn and ran over a yellow jacket hive:(. We had two of them come into the house.
When stung by a yellow jacket, remove the stinger without squeezing it, clean the site and apply ice for swelling. Use aloe vera gel or antiseptic ointment to treat .
I watch people panic and fight bees and wasps in outdoor activities; killing them and just shake my head. Bees and wasps can sting but generally wont unless .

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