Making a paste of meat tenderizer and water to apply to the spot can ease the pain of fire ant stings quickly. Other remedies also help.
Here's a list of items you'll want to include in your first aid kit and take with you on your adventures.
A reader offers personal experience on a remedy to take the pain out of a wasp or hornet sting.
Witch hazel extract has anti-inflammatory and astringent properties, which may explain why one reader finds it soothing for a range of insect stings.
Fire ant venom makes feels like you have been burned. The subsequent red bumps can last for days. One reader shares his remedy for bites: witch hazel.
Yellow jacket allergy can be life threatening.