My Neighbors Bee Sting and Chicken Poop

[maplesky7]

I don't think that dr. is right in the head.

As others said... bees are not attracted to manure of any kind.

I had bees, chickens, and live across from a cow pasture.

And bees ARE clean creatures... they clean out their hives all day every day. They take debris---dead bees and old wax and drop it outside their hives.

Plainly stated her bacteria infection was not caused by your chickens. And most likely she had a reaction to the sting and the "infection" was secondary.

Honestly.... some people.

 

[maplesky7]

interesting i just googled and found this:

Yellow Jackets are known to carry bacteria. But it only says that for Yellow jackets and not for the other stingers... i.e. honeybees, hornets, wasps...

Yellow jackets are wasp-like insects that live in mounds built into the ground, They tend to be aggressive insects, and are a common nuisance at picnics and around trash cans where food and sugary drinks are abundant. Stings on the lip or inside the mouth or throat can occur when a drink is taken from an open can of soda that a yellow jacket had crawled into. Occasionally, stings from yellow jackets can result in a skin infection because these insects can carry bacteria.

 

[maplesky7]

Bees often carry bacteria in their venom. Children also tend to grab the area they are hurting in, and after a day at play, children usually have picked up some bacteria on their hands which gets transfers to the sting when they touch it.

....and I found this too. So bacteria is in the venom.

 

[Judy]

There's no such thing as a germ free home environment, nor is there any such thing as germ free skin. If she is one of those overusers of disinfectants, she has likely created some resistant and powerful germs in her home and on her skin.

I find it very unlikely her doctor said that.

 

[stephys_fluffybutts]

I have never hurd that one before

I never thought of a bee seeking out chicken poop. And just your chickens poop

Thats to funny

 

[Chicken daze(d)]

Thanks to all who have come to my chickens' defense. And for all the information too. And most of all for making me laugh. I was chuckling at the situation to begin with but needed confirmation that my chickens' poo is not a bee magnet. I already knew that my neighbor was a little off and now I think she's just a little farther from the center (and her doctor too).

 

[maplesky7]

Here's more:

worker yellowjackets are no longer driven to feed larvae in the late summer months, and they wander, searching for nectar and juices, finding ripe, fallen back yard fruit, beer, soft drinks and sweets at picnics, weddings, recreation areas, sporting events and other human activities.


yellowjackets are sometimes responsible for injections of anerobic bacteria (organisms that cause blood poisoning). When yellowjackets frequent wet manure and sewage they pick up the bacteria on their abdomens and stingers. In essence, the stinger becomes a hypodermic needle. A contaminated stinger can inject the bacteria beneath the victim's skin. Blood poisoning should be kept in mind when yellowjacket stings are encountered.

...sorry... I find this topic so interesting.

Even my sister calls all flying stinger things bees... she needed a lesson. It's a yellow jacket.

 

[citrusdreams]

Chicken daze(d) :

I'm not sure if this is where this message should go but . . .

My neighbor recently got stung by a bee and then got a bacterial infection. Her hand is very swollen. According to her, the doctor asked if she lived near live stock. At first she said no but then mentioned our chickens. The doctor said it was possible that the bee landed in the chicken poo and transmitted the bacteria to her when she got stung. Is this possible? Has anyone ever heard of this or is this one more sign of my neighbors craziness?

And isn't possible that the bee got bacteria from somewhere else???? Anyway, she's such a kind and loving neighbor that she wanted to let me know about this so that I could be on guard for my children's sake (and this last sentence is laden with sarcasm).

Yes it's possible that the bee got the bacteria from your chickens and then passed it to her in the sting. But that's as much possible as anything else. The bee could have gotten it from anywhere, including other birds or other livestock. Was it a specific bacteria found in chicken droppings?

When people have problems they try to find reasons and rationales. Unfortunately, she is still chewing on what the doctor suggested (read, suggested, not said). It'll pass.​

 

[Whispering Winds]

When one of my twins was little, she got bee stung on the top of her hand, and I doctored it and had it wrapped up with gauze (she was a little dramatic) and we had to go to the doctor for school phy. Dr. D saw the bandage, asked what it was and wanted to take a look. She had red streaks starting to go up her hand into her arm . ..he said that bee stings can become poisonous faster than anything else . . .so maybe that is what it was, not bacterial? You know there was a big scare about mosquitoes and aids when it first became known, and this sort of sounds like it too . . .I got stung 5 times on my face several years ago when I bumped an old truck bumper with the rider . . .my face swelled so badly they didn't know me at the doctor's office I had went too for 20 years. I had to carry an epi with me for a long time just to be on the safe side . . .but maybe the bee stings are becoming more toxic because of some of the chemicals and stuff they get into when the farmers spray and treat the crops. . .interesting thoughts here.

 

[maplesky7]

If the farmer sprays his crops it's highly likely your gonna have a significant number of kill... if you raise bees.

And after reading some articles stinging creatures... yellowyackets, honey bees.... can also transmit the flesh eating bacteria but I figured I wouldn't post that pic because I didn't want to offend. It was nasty.

In highschool I was bitten by a cat my sister brought home from college and got the red streaks... blood poisoning and had to be treated.

So it can happen even with bee stings as I have read.

I just find it ludicrous that a dr. would suggest that livestock manure was to blame which would put the neighbor up in arms against their neighbor. As if anyone needs to find fault with one another and therefore increasing their contempt to their neighbor and perhaps making life a little less pleasant.

A simple bee stung you and it got infected, this is how it's treated... would have sufficed.