Alternatives

Below is a post on the Keelynet site about bee sting and insect bite relief among other things.

Offered by Steve.

Fire Ants:

A friend told him about the ultimate in killing fire ant bites and relieving their sting. Of all things, anti-fungal jock itch spray. He said he believes fire ants actually inject a fungus into the skin which cause the horrible sores when bitten. A case he recounted was a guy wearing shorts and walking in the country near his house, kicked up a piece of rotting wood and hundreds of fire ants swarmed at him and up his legs inflicting extremely painful bites. He brushed all of them away as quickly as possible and ran back home. Grabbing the anti-fungal jock itch spray, he covered his legs and feet yet, the pain relief was instant and he didn't notice a bite on his thigh which later began hurting tremendously and bubbled up with pus. He sprayed it but too late, this apparent fungus had wangled its way in. It eventually healed after much misery and he has a scar to show for it at the bite. So, I don't know if this works, but I trust the guy who told me, it might be a good idea to keep a can of this anti-fungal jock itch spray in your medicine cabinet and camping bag or in the car if you are out walking.

 

Hornets:

A friend got by some hornets the other day and says he used a fluid that will relieve the bite in less than 5 minutes. Bonnie Bell 1006 astringent (blue bottle) will kill and cancel any venom from bee, spiders, and other venomous bites.

137 TEN-O-SIX Deep Pore Cleanser - Original Formula Bonnie Bell, Inc.

 

No-See-Ums:

A method to repel insects such as 'no-see-ums' is to use Bounce fabric strips (the blue foam thingies you put in the dryer), put one in each shoe and one near your neck, the fumes from the chemical is supposed to drive away biting insects. Got this from a Mexico forum.