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What if the yellow jacket stinger is lodged in my skin?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Wrong question: Yellow jackets do not leave a stinger. Honey bees do. Probably you have a small scab. Wash it and give it time. If it itches rub it with cortisone cream or a wet Aspirin tablet.
Answered 10/21/2017
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Yellow Jackets: Yellow jackets are the gift that keeps on giving! there is no barb on their smooth stinger – so they can remove it after stinging skin. This allows a yellow jacket (which is a wasp) to sting repeatedly. However, occasionally a stinger becomes stuck ; remains lodged in the skin. It may or may not have been a yellow jacket that stung you.
Answered 8/28/2017
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