"Michael wrote in message ...

For those that want to try the experimental method of working out what you
have by how much the sting hurts - wasp stings hurt a little (rather more
than a nettle) and a bee sting hurts like hell and the sting is left
behind
with the venom sack still pumping. Not sure what a hornet sting is like,
probably like a wasp.

Ah! But you forgot to mention that Wasps can sting more than once and often
do. As someone who fell off his motorbike because a Wasp went down the front
of my shirt and proceeded to sting me right across my chest this multiplies
the pain I can assure you. :-) (so did falling off the bike!)

Bee sting pain lasts longer though especially if you don't get that sting
out quickly.

--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.