Bee-sting remedy

So today I was the lucky recipient of a bee-sting. My fourth, for the record. I was playing soccer in the backyard with my siblings (which, let me just say, is quite a rare occurrence, because my brothers tend to find it a bother to join my sister and I) when I felt a sharp, stinging pain on the sole of my foot. "Take a knee!" I yelled, as I dropped to the ground like a Brazilian soccer player (this game had elaborate rules, right down to corner kicks, penalty kicks, and drop balls. Keep in mind that this is semi-comical considering the size of our backyard [about 20 paces]).

I gimp over to the hose, rinse my foot off under the hose (which is basically the same as applying ice) and examine my wound. Sure enough, there's a angry red bee sting right in the middle of the sole of my foot. I stoically decide to play through the pain and kind of forget about it.

Until later that day when it started itching like crazy! I remembered applying some sort of homemade concoction on one of my previous bee stings (which was between my toes, btw), so I googled home remedies for bee stings. I found this site listing quite a few, so I decided to combine some.

It said fresh basil could relieve itching, so I went outside, picked a large leaf of basil, and proceeded to rub it on my foot. My foot smelled nice and was kind of making me crave Italian food, but it still itched, so I tossed the basil in the bowl and and put in water and a healthy amount of baking soda AND baking powder (because I didn't remember which one the remedy called for) and then sat on the kitchen floor and messily rubbed/ poured it onto my foot. 

So far, I declare it a success.