When we lived in Potsdam NY my daughter was stung by a yellowjacket. She was about 4 yrs old and her foot swelled enormously. I felt bad and wished it had got me instead. She is 35 now and when I asked if she remembers it: "Yes. It was not a very fun thing."
One of my neighbours there had to carry stuff with her always as she had become so allergic to bee stings.
I think some people die from anaphalactic reactions to antivenins. I think more people die from horse injuries than from snakebite. In Australia you can be fined many thousands of dollars for killing or capturing a snake in the wild. There is a defence in pretty reasonable circumstances. But no need to kill most of them, and it's usually dangerous to try and kill the very venomous ones. But it always rattles me to see a snake, except pythons, which keep rats down. They are a good reminder to remain vigilant for the deadly ones.
