I've never been stung by a yellow-jacket but my kids were pestered by a bunch in the past. Probably from walking too near their nest and upsetting them. They never got stung either.

Did ya know that yellow-jackets really like fried chicken? We used to sit on the front porch after frying up some chicken and eat it. It was like somebody rang a dinner bell! Yellow-jackets came from all around and would land right on the chicken.

I've only been stung by regular honeybees and the baking soda and water paste always worked for me. Well, once I was stung really bad by wasps. I was visiting my great aunt in Missouri and it was in the fall. The wasps would back their rear ends up to the crack under the front door for the warmth. I went out in sock feet to get the paper and stepped on all of them! OUCH! I lifted up each foot and had a wasp hanging from each toe. Not really fun.