Why can queen bees sting ?
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queens  seldome sting  once  theyre  established.....if a hivegenerates a new queen  and the hive starts to split....the active queen  will sting the new arrivival  .to get rid  of  her.....queen bee's  in a funny  way  set  the  revelations of  science  in  gear.....the  european  system  for  centuries   regarded the  queen  as  a  king....had to  be  a  king..look at all the  servants..matched  in  verbalization..the  attitude prevelent at the time...when it was proven  the kings  were  queens it  was a  heavy  blow to  male  intellectuals.\nbees sting  because  they  got  the  equipement  for  it....and its usually  only  a  threatning  cituation.....some  hives  seldome  sting...some are  veryhostile......a virgin  queens eggs  can produce  drones  and or  workers...once  shes  mated  she can produce a  hardy  worker stronger type   drones  and  eggs that  can be developed  to  queen cells
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Bee venom is a water-clear liquid with a sharp, bitter taste and a distinct acid reaction.\n\nThe venom is easily soluble in water and acid, but almost insoluble in alcohol. The three toxic effects of bee venom are\n\n   1. neurotoxic (paralysis of the nervous system),\n   2. hemorrhagic (increase in the permeability of the blood capillaries), and\n   3. hemolytic (destruction of red blood cells).\n\n\n\nRecent work reveals that bee venom is a very complicated substance with several active bio chemical components. At least eight active components plus several biological inactive components have been identified. The substances showing activity are histamine, melittin (a protein), a hyaluronidase, and phospholipase A.\n\nThe histamine recovered was shown not to be a major pharmacological factor in bee venom. However, histamine also is released from body cells because of the reaction to the sting in allergic persons. Melittin, a protein having a molecular weight of 33,000 to 35,000, is thought to be responsible for the general local toxicity of the venom. Melittin in high concentrations also has caused hemolysis of red blood cells. Bee venom contains at least two enzymes-a hyaluronidase and phospholipase A. The hyaluronidase is believed to be the "spreading" factor. By breaking down the cell-cementing substance, hyaluronidase allows the toxic principles of bee venom to infiltrate the tissues. Phospholipase A apparently has no general toxicity. However, through indirect action on the unsaturated fatty acids, it causes hemolysis of red blood cells. Phospholipase A also causes inactivation of thrombokinase, inhibits oxidative phosphorylation, and attacks enzymes involved with metabolic dehydrogenation. The pain experienced after being stung may well be the result of these last three actions.\n\nFor many years, formic acid erroneously was believed to be the major component of venom produced by the honey bee, and this belief is still held by many. The action of venom is much more complex than the simple concept of direct action on the tissue by formic acid.
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I use to raise honeybees many oldtimers swear that being stung by the bees on the affected area can aleveate pain and swelling from arthritis. Be careful if you have insect bite allergies!!
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Miner and Carpenter.\n\nMiner - Miner bees are one of many familiar black and yellow summertime solitary bees often mistaken for bumble bees. They do not collect honey nor do they sting.  Miner bee populations can be enhanced by providing dried mud blocks for nesting.\nhttp://www.moraybeekeepers.co.uk/solitary_bees.htm\n\nCarpenter - Carpenter bees get their common name from their habit of boring into wood to make galleries for the rearing of their young.♥\nhttp://www.killfireants.com/carpenter-bees.htm\n\n(>>Have a look, bee can be a doctor too:<<)\nhttp://www.londonstimes.us/toons/cartoons/display.html?image=fall_BEEDOCTOR.jpg
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Definitly, if the person is severly allergic to it. \n\nA single sting from a yellow jacket to a person who is not allergic will suffer no more than the pain and discomfort of the sting.  Now a whole nest is a different matter.
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Watch for these signs:\n\ndifficulty breathing\nred streaks around the area you got stung\nswelling\nnausea / vomiting\nheadache\nintense itching or extreme pain or burning sensation that doesn't let up\n\nIf you are experiencing these, then go to the ER  right away. If it just hurts some and is a little red, try this:\n\nput ice on the area\n\ntake advil to reduce pain and inflammation\n\ntake benadryl to reduce itching and allergic reactions\n\nIf you see the stinger, carefully remove it with tweezers\n\nsome people will tell you to make a paste out of baking soda and water and place it on the area to "draw out" the poisen......it won't hurt you if you do this.\n\nGo to your doctor if it becomes very red, swollen, has pus or other drainage coming out of it, is warm to the touch, if you have a temp. over 100, or if it just doesn't heal.\n\nGood luck!
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Deciduous trees will turn their leaves over to catch more water. That is actual fact. The underside has more spiracles and can absorber water faster. \n\nAs for you joke about arthritis, it is partially true too. As the Atmospheric pressure drops, which an indicator of rain (it causes the wind), this "pulling" on arthritic joints can cause pain. But that depends on the case and location of the damaged joint. \n\nBut one I noticed when in college was that bees will all return to the hive. You can tell it's about to rain because they all try and land at the hive in a relatively short time (like a micro-swarm) and then they all go into the hive. Bees being cold blooded means getting wet in a cold rain can kill them.
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Evil Twin is right.  The bee's sting has a barb and it stays in you until taken out with a tweezers or such.  The venom sack stays connected to it and you can actually see it pulsating, pumping further venom into you.  For a bee to sting it has to be a last resort for as Evil said, it will die.  The wasp on the other hand has no barb and can and will continue to sting you for no apparent reason especially in Autumn when fallen fruit begins to ferment.  They actually get drunk on it and seem to sting for no reason.
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all ants bite... they devour their food by eating it,will bite if you try to mess with them...even the tiny ones will defend themselves & their queen & nests..fire ants are the worse kind though,they have a poison that makes it burn really intense when they bite you....too many bites can be deadly
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Honeybee sting can help!Simple,instant and last longer.
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Yeah I have read about that a lot of natural and alternative medicine books advocate this idea.Supposedly the insects not only bees are able to sense the deficiency and become threatened .
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If someone is allergic to bee stings and has never been stung before, then they really are not allergic yet.  They need to be exposed to the allergen first.  \n\nThe first sting "sensitizes" their body towards beestings.  The second sting can cause a full-blown allergic reaction.\n\nYou can still have an allergic reaction from the first sting... however it would be a far less serious reaction than the second sting.
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1) Bees pollinate flowers.\n\n2) Many different kinds of insects are food for other kinds of animals.\n\n3) Termites and other insects turn fallen trees and other dead vegetation into compost that fertilizes new trees and plants.\n\n4) Some people use bee venom to help joint and muscle pain.\n\n7) We get wax, honey, and silk from insects.\n\n6) Chocolate covered ants!
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During the course of one queen bee it lays thousands of eggs during its life time which may spread around two years or so.During flower season when more nectar and pollen can be collected from flowers the queen becomes more active and lays more eggs. So during that season the colony becomes really big and the worker bees decide to split and they make queen cells by combining three cells into one and a four five queen cells may be formed and they feed them with royal gelly food. Just before the first new queen bee comes out of the cell the queen be which is already there may fly along with thousands of workers to another location and to build a new hive.Like this one or two more SWARMS may go and thereafter they may not\nallow more queens to come out and sometimes two queens may fight and one gets killed and other queen celss are destroyed.\nVery rarely when a queen bee is so old and is past egg laying capacity, it may be allowed to live in the same hive but the active young queen bee is the head and lays eggs etc.
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i have a scorpion the sting looks like a little ball with a hook on the end. imperial scorpions sting is less painfull than a bee sting.
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They do not become your minion. The bee colony is centered to the queen bee as it is the only individual in the colony with the capability to breed and renew the colony's numbers. Thus without the queen a colony would soon be wiped out with no new bees born. If you have a queen bee, the entire colony will follow it and make the nest whereever the queen resides. Beekeepers often use this method to keep hives by securing the queen in a hive with outlets only the smaller worker bees are capable of entering and exiting since the queen is several sizes larger. When they move the hive, the entire colony follows. You do not become the bees rulers, they just tolerate you and are only devoted to theur queen.
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Honeybees use nectar to make honey. Nectar is almost 80% water with some complex sugars. Bees use their long, tubelike tongues like straws to suck the nectar out of the flowers and they store it in their "honey stomachs". Bees actually have two stomachs, their honey stomach which they use like a nectar backpack and their regular stomach. The honey stomach holds almost 70 mg of nectar and when full, it weighs almost as much as the bee does. Honeybees must visit between 100 and 1500 flowers in order to fill their honeystomachs.\n\nThe honeybees return to the hive and pass the nectar onto other worker bees. These bees suck the nectar from the honeybee's stomach through their mouths. These "house bees" "chew" the nectar for about half an hour. During this time, enzymes are breaking the complex sugars in the nectar into simple sugars so that it is both more digestible for the bees and less likely to be attacked by bacteria while it is stored within the hive. The bees then spread the nectar throughout the honeycombs where water evaporates from it, making it a thicker syrup. The bees make the nectar dry even faster by fanning it with their wings. Once the honey is gooey enough, the bees seal off the cell of the honeycomb with a plug of wax. The honey is stored until it is eaten. In one year, a colony of bees eats between 120 and 200 pounds of honey.