Summer is coming so is bugs

Bug bites and stings are common, especially in the summer. Most of the time a bite or sting from an insect is harmless and will heal on its own. Certain kinds of ticks and mosquitoes however, can transmit serious illnesses such as Lyme disease, Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), West Nile Virus, Yellow Fever, and Malaria, depending on where you live or travel to.
The best way to protect yourself from bug bites and stings is to avoid places where bugs are likely to be or wear long sleeves and long plants and insect repellant.
Here are some tips:

• Wear light colored clothing: long sleeve shirts, long pants, socks and shoes.
• Try not to wear bright or flower print clothing when you’re outside near stinging bugs. They may think you’re a flower!
• Avoid wearing perfume or scented lotion when outside.
• Be careful when eating sweets or drinking out of soda cans while outside (bees and wasps often fly into soda cans then sting a person when they take a sip).
• Avoid areas with puddles of still water as mosquitoes lay their eggs there.
• Don’t harm a bee or wasp nest.