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BEE STINGS

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> It might be wise to carry a penny in your pocket while working in the yard.......... BEE STINGS !

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> A couple of weeks ago, I (an acquaintance) was stung by both a bee and hornet while working in the garden.

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> 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 t o 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'.

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> 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.

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> &n bsp; 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.

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> 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.

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> 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.

& gt; My friend's sting was the same; couldn't even tell where she had been stung.

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> She got stung again a few days later upon her back---cutting the grass! And the penny worked once again.

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> Wanted to share this marvelous information in case you experience the same problem. We need to keep a stock of

pennies on hand .

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> The doctor said that the copper in the penn y counteracts the bite. It definitely works!