What is more painful, bee sting or yellow wasp sting?

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Lliam · Accepted Answer

Yellow jacket venom tends to cause a more intense pain that can last longer. Additionally, yellow jackets can sting multiple times. They are little ass holes.
Bees are good guys and usually non aggressive. They only sting when threatened. And when they sting it's suicide because their venom sack pulls out and they die. You can scrape off venom sack with the stinger to minimize the amount of venom injected.

byrdman89 · Accepted Answer

I've been stung by honey bees bumblebees and several different types of wasps honey bee stings aren't bad at all the most painful would be wasp or Bumblebee - do a search on cow killer wasp it's a flightless female wasp and apparently it has the most painful sting of all thank God I've never been stung by one of those!

D_Bone_Steak · Answer

I've been stung by bees a lot... not that bad. Never been stung by yellow jackets though, but I'm afraid of them. I was told they're way worse when I was a kid.

I have a special hatred of bees because they literally try to put me in situations to get stung by them. Yellow Jackets don't do shit like land on my rope swing right where I put my hands, land on me for no reason, and other such bullshit. I had one yellow Jacket try to get me, but I was killing it's nest... fucker was really trying to get me... I doged it thankfully and kept spraying it with raid. Meanwhile I never fucked with bees, they just land in places that a human is going to put their hands.

WindAtMyBack · Answer

Wasps hurt more. They are way more aggressive and can sting multiple times. They will also swarm you. Wasps will chase you. I don't think I've ever had a bee chase me more than a few feet.

Bees don't normally even sting. I've moved hives and swarms before when I picked up hundreds (thousands?) of bees with my bare hands. They won't sting. When they are swarming, they are clustered up and stuck together. Grabbing them to move them feels like pulling Velcro apart.

I think bees are super cool and nice animals. They really won't bother you as long as you are gentle with them. Just don't piss them off :)

AvaRay · Answer

Yellow wasp sting hurt more.. why?

While both stings cause pain and swelling, wasp venom is generally more potent, leading to a more intense initial reaction.

Additionally, wasps can sting repeatedly, injecting more venom, whereas bees typically sting only once and lose their stinger.

ohsheeT · Answer

A. wasp. because there are usually a pack of them and if one stings you, they all want to Sting you. I've been there before.

If you hot stung gets some water and some dirt. Make a mud pie. Put it on the sting. And let it drive 100% completely and then pick it off. Lifting up or brushing away open the mud, drive around the stinger and pulls the Sting. You're out when you rush the dry mud away. If I didn't do it again then.

OneViewpoint · Answer

Stings from yellow jackets / bald faced hornets / wasps (same thing different names) are much more painful than a a sting from a honey bee. They are also a lot more aggressive than honey bees or bumblebees. Luckily, I'm sorta immune to their stings. I can get stung 10 times removing a hornets nest and 20 minutes later all signs of the stings are gone. Some people can go into anaphylactic shock from a single sting.

Chevy1_kb · Answer

AV never been stung off a bee I don't bother with bees much they are fine wasps I hate because they sting you for no reason I've. Been stung by a wasp in the kneck but not ever been stung by a bee

Cormac995 · Answer

Wasp 100%. Bees sting you and fly away to die. Wasps don't have detachable stingers, so they'll sting you repeatedly.

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

I was stung by a bee in the back of my head in Sept. 2018, a month after my sister Karen's passing. I didn't feel like Slabbing (a muscular older black cowboy dance) for a couple of days, but a wasp sting would almost surely be MUCH, MUCH worse !!!

dougeats · Answer

I have had both too many times. The worst was when a wasp flew down my shirt and started biting me! It bite me 5x, wasps can nest keep on stinging! Felt like a toothpick sticking me each time! At least a bee sting is one and done... they still suck though lol

Billlewis · Answer

That depends on the size of the insect, and how deep the barb penetrates the skin.

Venymal · Answer

I wondered the same thing a while ago so I looked it up, and apparently wasp sting is supposed to hurt more. I was stung by a wasp once in my finger and it swelled like a balloon!

slatyb · Answer

Wasp for sure, but it's been many years since I've been stung. Probably I was a child the last time.

Phoenix98 · Answer

Don't know I've never been stung by either for some reason they don't mess with me.

Jennz6 · Answer

@kelly6  I’m not sure because I was never stung by either

Finchie40 · Answer

Wasp are the worst because they can sting repeatedly

Surely · Answer

Depends upon if you happen to be allergic to the venom from the bee or wasp.

Tarifa · Answer

I remember a few occasions where I was stung by a bee. I can't compare with a wasp sting.

Mark987 · Answer

I got stung by 2 wasps at the same time, when I was around 10 years old. It was the most painful thing at that age.

OddBeMe · Answer

Wasps are generally more aggressive. But I guess pain reception is subjective.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

Vasp is the vurst!

AlenAHHHH · Answer

Wasp are from hell

BrandiC · Answer

I'm allergic to both so I tend to avoid both.

XXblack88 · Answer

Yellow wasp sting

Jerre · Answer

Almost any kind of wasp sting can be bad

Physics-Man · Answer

I think the Wasp sting is worse.

FreyaRed · Answer

Bees in my experience.

NathanDavis · Answer

I have not experienced either...

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Hornet > wasp > bee > gnat

Lilly1979 · Answer

Wasp I would think I never had experience.

rizzzz007 · Answer

Yellow wasp sting is more painful

FenixG45 · Answer

I can't say, but a wasp can sting you repeatedly.

exitseven · Answer

I think th yellow jacket is worse.

Arcadian222 · Answer

Wasp by far!

DrPepper12 · Answer

Listening to Sting (currently not the police era)

WonderingManII · Answer

I don't know, they both hurt.

HeartShapedHaze · Answer

Wasps be hurting fr

jahaims · Answer

Depends on the type of bee

Jeff51 · Answer

Bee stings are not that bad.

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

They dont really hurt more annoying than painful

Anonymous · Answer

I think it's about equal.

MannMitAntworten · Answer

A bee.

Dongie · Answer

Wasp!

Charliefretz329 · Answer

Wasp

LunarEclipse433 · Answer

Yellow wasp

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

Wasp. 100 %

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