I think we may have had this thread before somewhere but ... Heard on the radio that if you are allergic to wasp/bee venon then you will be allergic to snake...
It has been a desparately wet summer here in the UK - and cold! As you say Maggie, few wasps! Somethng about clouds and silver linings spring to mind. As for...
David, It was on Radio 2 earlier this week - around 7am. Sarah Kennedy had previously said that there weren't any venemous snakes in the UK and had received a...
Hello Maggie and David, I'm going to attempt to address excerpts from each of your posts in a somewhat orderly fashion. ... It's good that you thought to post...
An amazing and very interesting post Steve. Fascinating stuff! Just one area of clarification - what North America calls yellowjacket the Brits here call...
I would like to report that since putting up wasp/hornet traps on my property in the early Spring, and ensuring I always have fresh bait inside, I have only...
mrmichaelgee
michael.d.glebe@...
Jul 13, 2007 4:16 pm
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My own investigations indicate that SLIT (sub lingual immunotherapy) for venom is some years away from coming to the market. I have finished four years of...
... was probably a yellow jacket or some small solitary nesting wasp or bee since i didnt see it it was caught in my shirt and stung me twice the first sting i...
Hi Rich, The last bad sting I had nearly put me in the ground. I was out in my yard and noticed some things swarming near the ground. I walked over to take a...
Hi David, Sorry I didn't have my facts quite right last night. I had done some brief research on the matter prior to posting that reply, but I misinterpreted...
Wow, I find all your stories so interesting and all the info on cross allergies etc is fascinating. With my son, I often wonder what nasty it was that stung...
... on the shots when you had your bad reaction? how long were you on the shots when you got stung multiple times with no reaction? were your skin tests...
Hi Roz, It's nice to hear that you find this topic interesting. Obviously I do too. I just wish that the consequences weren't so dire and that it didn't...
I have found several imported fire ant colonies in my garden (West Yorkshire) I know for a fact that these are fire ants as they have the discribed sting on...
Martin
martin_of_karahur@...
Jul 16, 2007 10:22 am
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Thanks Martin - some pictures would be great as I can then send them to the Bee Wasp and Ant Recording Society for identification. It would be very exciting if...
i went out to water some plants in my back yard yesterday late afternoon and noticed a couple fast moving bugs bombing around me as i walked away i felt...
I'm glad you are ok. Cate ... as i ... and ... about ... around ... pretty ... at ... had ... a ... and ... chasing ... the ... hole in ... burning ... Rich...
Hi, I'm not sure if anyone here will be able to help me with this, but I'm hoping that may be the case. Twice this year I saw what appears to be the same...
Hi Rich, I thought that I'd get back to reply to your post sooner than this but things have been rather hectic around here. Unfortunately I'm not going to be...
Here in the US they were recently found to have migrated as far north as coastal Virgina. That, I believe, is further north than it was thought they could...
... behind and as far as the skin tests go ive heard from several allergist including mine said that when skin tests go to negative your considered no longer...
In insectstings@yahoogroups.com, "buddysneade" <buddysneade@...> ... That's interesting to hear. Then perhaps all the stings that day were from yellow...
... testing before you went on the shots but they did and you were negative ya for some odd reason a small percentage of allergic people do have negative test....
I was confused too. The time line really made it clear for me too Steve. By the way, I enjoy reading the ramblings so ramble on. This is the one place I can...
... allergy Rich ... the ... get ... out ... black ... venom ... histories ... with ... failure ... day ... vast ... and ... results ... and ... doctor...
The following article was in a newspaper in Ohio, USA. While obviously the service mentioned won't be of use to many of you, it's still an interesting read....
It was suppose to be august after his holidays but they called and said its now Oct 15th becuase aparently he groups all of us togehter on one day?!? Ho hum....
Hi Cate This IS the place to ramble. I don't know about Hawaii but I do know that even on maintenance I don't go ANY PLACE without my pens, cell phone and...
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