The Little Bee Saga --(answert to the comment from Pam and Mac)

This article is in answer to a comment left by Pam.

You have requested more on those little Yellow Jacket look-a-likes with a sting like a sledge hammer and all that I can tell you is that what I have found out makes no sense. First of all I am not an entomologist so to say that I have a 100% accurate identification would be a stretch. What I did find out is that all of the Yellow Jacket variations keep their stinger so to me that eliminated the Yellow Jacket mutations. They are also all larger and the mutations are larger still.
Then I found some pictures of a nasty little bee that was called a Coo Coo bee. Yes like the clock. The name is local and the bee is the right size and it loses its stinger when it attacks. It is extremely Territorial and attacks in large numbers when it decides you have gotten too close. And the pain of the sting is were it got its name, it is very painful and enduring for several days. Luckily the hives only support twenty to around seventy five bees so it's not a large cloud that comes at you. The problem is that the bee I just described as fitting the little monster that was in our wall comes from the swamps in Florida, so what the heck is it doing in Cincinnati, Ohio much less Northbend, Washington. No state or local agency that I contacted had any desire to investigate the bees and I killed the hive that had taken up residence in my home but they are still here because I see them out in the yard. They seem to be killing off the honey bees. That is speculation on my part based on the observation that where you see these little guys you will not find any honey bees at all.
I do feel sorry for you since you found out what the sting feels like to a human, however I am glad that it didn't send you into shock or worse. That was my real concern when my dog was stung she almost had a seizure. The only thing that helped was a paste made of baking soda and water. Very old mothers remedy for bee sting. Oh and getting the stinger out of course. Those things kept pumping poison for 10 minutes.
I wish that the information was more scientific but the scientist have more important things to worry about apparently than a little bee that is invading the ecology from some swamp in Florida. If you have them in your home spray them after the sun goes down with Raid Hornet Killer. But beware they will come out as soon you start spraying and it does not kill them on contact and they will not be happy. I plugged the hole and the survivors just chewed a new hole. It took three times to finally get rid of them.