I don't have any allergies to bug bites but avoid them anyway. The pain is real with the wasps in this area. When they bite it feels just like a cigarette put out on your skin. And they bite the instant they land, in a nano second they've bitten and flown off. At first it's just a little sting but in the seconds that follow the heat and pain builds up just like fire.
I have a huge wild blackberry bush in the front yard. Every summer I pick from it but this year there was one area that was off limits. Wasps had a nest a little bigger than a baseball in there. One got me as I picked a berry before I knew it was there. I cussed that wasp then and every day that I had to avoid that area. It held the biggest, fattest berries... all guarded by the wasps. After awhile, it became a game to me to try and pluck a berry without getting stung. (They were so big and juicy and MINE!) If I was stealthy enough I could get the berry without shaking the plant or disturbing them. I even found that on a windy day I could get the berries within a couple inches of the nest since they thought the movement of the bush was just the wind. It was scary but the adrenaline rush and the berry prize made me do it.
I carry an epipen in my work truck 24/7.
