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The venom of a honey bee is mostly formic acid.
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What is something that stings?
Depends on what you mean. Anything too basic or acidic may cause a sting. For example, wasp stings are basic, and bee stings are acidic.
Do butterflies sting?
The queens and workers can but their sting does not have barbs like a the honeybee, so they can sting more than once. Male's cant sting because they don't have a stinger. Males have a genital capsule for mating.
Do moths sting people?
No they are totally harmless, they look that way to deter predators.
What do bees sting?
Make a paste of water and baking soda and spread it on the site of the sting. This will take the pain away.
Do bees die when they sting you?
Some species of bee, such as the honey bee, will die after stinging a person as the stinger is barbed and is torn from their adomen in the process of stinging you. However not all species of bee have a barbed stinger and may be able to sting you repeatedly and live.
What is the nature of bee sting and wasp sting?
The nature of the bee and wasp sting is that they are usually inflammatory and acidic.
CAN a honeybee sting more than once?
No. When a honeybee stings it dies.
What is something that stings?
Depends on what you mean. Anything too basic or acidic may cause a sting. For example, wasp stings are basic, and bee stings are acidic.
Is a bee sting acid or alikai?
bee sting is acidic
Who would win the Japanese Hornet or the honybee?
Japanese hornet. The honeybee can only sting once, and even if it did sting the hornet, which is also able to outfly the honeybee, it would die shortly afterward. Thus, the honeybee loses either way.
What is the name of a male sting-less honeybee that doesn't make honey?
The male bee is called a drone -- and it doesn't have a sting.
Are bees sting acid of alkali?
A bee's sting is acidic.
Is a wasp sting acidic?
the wasp sting is full of venom which is alkaline
Is a bee sting acidic?
A bee sting is acidic. A wasp sting is commonly believed to be alkaline, but in fact its pH is 6.8 to 6.9 so it is almost neutral
Is an ant sting acidic or alkaline?
An ants sting is Formic Acid
Why are bee stings treated with ammonium hydroxide?
Bee Stings are generally acidic in nature... Ammonium Hydroxide being basic neutralize the effect of the bee sting, thus preventing from it's ill effects.
Bicarbonate of soda has a pH about 9 why is this good thing to treat a bee sting with?
The soda which is alkaline neutralizes the bee sting which is acidic. For wasp stings use vinegar. Vinegar is acidic and neutralizes the alkaline wasp sting.
