I was just stung by a wasp.

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Not really allergic. I have been stung many times in the past. Now normally they just leave me alone unless I get too near their nest. When I was young I was playing in a tree and dropped a nest of yellow jackets. I had around 40 stings all over my body. That was painful.

Many of the wasp on our property have hives buried underground. Normally there is a hole and the wasps fly in and out, especially in the morning or at dusk. Some of the holes are 2 or 3 inches in diameter and hundreds of wasps will fly in a steady stream for an hour. My wife gets stung almost every year and she is allergic. She has found an efficient way of killing off a hive. She waits until all the wasp are inside the hive at night and then pours in gasoline in the hole(s). She just pours in the gasoline and the vapors kills them.

i would feel more confident if i lit a match afterwards [armed with a garden hose should it get out of control]

When I was in the looney bin , they let me out on day release and I got stung by a bee. When I told the nurses on my return they watched me like a hawk for hours like I was on suicide watch.

About 8 hours after the two bites I can hardly even tell I was bitten. Rubbing moist Aspirin into the sting is a lifesaver.

In the old days an old biddie or codger would have spit tobacco juice on it.
Bentonite clay will pull out the poison and a cousin swears by applying ammonia on a cotton ball.Some use baking soda.
I’m allergic to yellow jackets and red wasps, known as waspers here.If I get stung around the head I swell up and have to inject an epipen and go to doctor.
The others don’t cause problems for me.
A cheap non toxic wasp spray is plain rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle, or if there is a can of hairspray, that works also.
I don’t trust Ferris with the hairspray, he might light it and make a torch.Seems like the type that would like flamage.

I was sitting in the school library in November 1972, when I felt a sharp painful sensation in my calf. I looked down and saw a wasp on the floor, and instinctively stamped on it. I wasn't really in very much discomfort - the biology teacher applied some sort of lotion to the sting, and that was the end of it. First and only time I ever experienced an insect sting, though I did once fall into a bed of nettles, which was far more unpleasant. I also regret killing the wasp, even now.