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Yes but most stings from bees, as with wasps or hornets are not life threatening but the sting typically causes an intense,burning pain. That is soon followed by a patch of redness and a small area of swelling around the sting. This usually eases and goes within a few hours.and for most victims of a bee skin have little other effect.

However there are some people who are allergic to stings and such an individual can develop very serious reactions that can be life threatening. So if the victim of a bee sting immediately has difficulty breathing and feels faint or dizzy, or has hives or a swollen tongue oryou know he or she has ahistory of severe allergy reaction to insect stings, you must call an ambulance without delay as his (or her) life might be threatened.

But people who are allergic are the exceptions not the rule. But also if a person who is not allergic but gets a huge number of bee or wasp stings at the same time, this can also cause serious illness but unlikely to kill them as illness is likely to be due to the high dose of venom, rather than to an allergy and so is unlikely to be life threatening.

But basically if the person does nothave severe allergy symptoms then you should not need to call an ambulance. You can firstly remove the stinger from him or her, then scrape the area with a fingernail or use tweezers to remove it and do not pinch the stinger because that may inject more venom into them. Never try to pluck the bee sting out as this may squeeze more venom into the person's skin and make them a lot worse.

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