A Penny for a Bee Sting?

This information may be something to remember, as this is the season...

It might be wise to carry a penny in your pocket while working in the yard... Why? For bee stings of course!

I know it sound ridiculous but, a couple of weeks ago I was stung by both a bee and hornet while working in the garden.
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 to 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'.

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.

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. I promptly got my money out and taped two
pennies to my bites, then sat and sulked for 15 minutes. The penny took the sting out of the bite immediately.

This really works! I’ve mentioned it to friends who also treated bee/hornet stings with a penny and within minutes they were fine.

I wanted to share this marvelous information in case any of you experience the same problem.

Keep a stock of pennies on hand. Apparently the copper in the penny counteracts the bite. It definitely worked for us!

Please remember and pass this information on to your friends, children, grandchildren, etc.