Survive This: Swarming Wasps

I stepped on a hornet nest while trying to hop a fence. I was hopping the fence cause there was a thorn nest blocking my way home. Let's just say the thorns didn't hurt as much when I ran through.

When I was 11 and on holiday in Pakistan, we were asked by the adults to pick oranges from our fields for the guests due to arriave later that evening. There were 7 of us, from England and one of my naitve cousins. We saw the biggest, juiciest oranges on one tree and thought, how come no-one has picked these? So off we went with our childlike naievity and began picking. After a few minutes a single large wasp landed on my younger sister and stung. She showed it to my older sister and she said not to worry... little did she know of the protent to come. Within minutes a black cloud arose from the tree and targeted us with a deadly intent. My native cousin asked us all to run home. Staying last to make sure we all got out. We ran along the slim paths with people pelting us with boxes of matches. We didnt stop we continued running down the precariously narrow and deep canal without thought, we wnt into an elderly relatives house only to be screamed at - she kept saying she was old and couldn't run. The swarm were still chasing us. We finally managed to get back to our house in a record 5 minutes for a 20 minute journey. We ran in crying and screaming only to be rebuked by the adults for our inappropriate manner. All the while we were pulling this large wasps off us. In the ned I counted atleast 20 stings in me and each of my family had similar numbers. My native cousin had the worst fate, her face became extremely swollen on one side and stayed that way for a month. My older sister was the hero of the day as she had carried the heavy bag of oranges back while she was running!
still makes for good story telling!

An old Spanish man once told me to use mud on a sting I thought he was crazy, till I try ed it.
you will be amazed.

Step on yellow jacket nest,stung many times as I ran away

I stepped on top of a wasps' nest and boy were they angry. They pursued me and I took off, but they nailed me about 6 times. I caught up to my hiking buddies ahead and stopped. One friend pulled off his shirt and held it up close to the swarm, and the wasps stung the shirt, not me. Very bizarre sight.

I've been known to have a swarm or two chase me down. The worst is when they form themselves into an arrow or giant bee shape and gun for me. I've found that a large object can deflect them from time to time. Ay BooBoo?

I've been known to have a swarm or two chase me down. The worst is when they form themselves into an arrow or giant bee shape and gun for me. I've found that a large object can deflect them from time to time. Ay BooBoo?

Sounds crazy, but I used WD40. It seemed to weight them down so they couldn't fly.

Don't forget to check your four legged friend if you have one with you. I crashed a nest on accident and ran away managing only recieving one bite. My pup on the other hand would have had many more had I not checked him. Although they weren't able to sting him yet, I found about 8 burried in his under coat!

I disturbed a yellow jacket nest and pulled off my sweater and dropped it as I ran. The bees stayed on the sweater! I am not sure if this is common behavior for bees, but it's worth a try if you have on extra layers.

This happened to me on a day hike when, soon after a rain, I must have interrupted the wasps near their nest and they came at me. Fortunately, I was wearing pants, a hat and a jacket, leaving only my face and hands as targets. I was nailed 5 or 6 times but was able to dissuade them from further attack by doing as you suggest: Running like hell!

I agree... but I jumped into my swimming pool in the back yard. They didn't follow me under water but did extract about 9 bites wounds on the way in which took weeks to heal. Water seems to turn them off...