Growing up on the farm I was stung many times by wild bees which were very common then and it never was a big deal to me bit the paper making wasps were different. My mother was stung on the wrist by three of the little striped boogers we called “Guinea wasps” at one time and she said that she thought for a short time that she would die. She sat on the ground and looked very weak, she said that it felt as if her heart would jump out of her chest.
Been there, done that, have the tee shirt and still the small pit on my nose.
Once when moving hives, I was tagged by the bees about 40 times on my head. It was no picnic but now, if I get stung on the face, the pain may last 5 or 10 seconds and that is it. No big deal.
Now, three summers ago, while trimming some bushes a wasp or hornet tagged me on the bridge of my nose. Durn thing hurt for several weeks, a hole developed from the destroyed skin cells (much like the aftermath of a volcano where the cone is inverted with the top and inside being empty). I still have this indentation.
Chemically, the venom of a wasp or hornet or yellow jacket is different from honey been venom. Honey bees don’t eat meat whereas other bees do and will. Nasty effects from the meat eater’s venom.