The acid in a bee sting is formic acid, also known as methanoic acid. However, it is not really the acid that causes the pain. The most active ingredients in bee venom is melittin and apamin, both of which cause pain and swelling.
In nature, something is either Alkaline, or Acid. Acid is treated with Alkaline, Alkaline is treated with Acid. Bee stings are Acid, therefore are treated with Alkaline. Wasps are Alkaline animals, and that is why they are treated with acid. Not all acids are dangerous you know ^_^
stings and bites usually fill the swollen area with acid (ants-formic acid)
therefore to ease the itching a neutralisation reaction is performed by applying basic solution over the swollen area (calamine)
Acid is what the bee sting is so if anyone put that it helps it that is not true because if you add an acid it just will make it worst not help!
Bee venom is acidic, but pain is not caused by acid, it's caused by melittin, which is a peptide (small protein).
Bee stings contain Formic Acid.
The formula of Formic Acid is HCO2H.
Formic acid, which is also in Ant stings.
formic acid
Onions don't cure bee stings. A bee sting is a cocktail of acids and various proteinic toxins. There's nothing an onion would help with except perhaps distraction.
Not unless you are allergic to bee stings.
Wasp stings contain: hyaluronidase, histamine, phospholipase A, acetylcholine.
Any of various acids that do not contain carbon atoms
an acid Vinegar, lemon, and Oranges All contain acids
acids can not be used.
Onions don't cure bee stings. A bee sting is a cocktail of acids and various proteinic toxins. There's nothing an onion would help with except perhaps distraction.
No. Bee venom is acidic anyway, and wasp venom is chemically neutral, so in neither case will any form of acid help.
It is most notable in the venom of bee and ant stings
Stings mostly contain HCOOH , so to neutraliize the acid, Alkalies are used
A wasp sting is an alkali, hence the fact you put vinegar (acid) onto it to stop it hurting. Bee stings however are acidic.
Bee stings do not usually leave scars.
Yes, bee stings often swell and then itch.
While slighty acidic, it's not the acids in apitoxin (bee toxin) that stings. Apitoxin is, as with most biotoxins, a complex combination of mostly proteins. So, treatment with a base is not indicated for bee stings. Instead, try ethanol (ETOH/grain alcohol)
The bee dies
it is a special chemical inside the copper that removes bee stings
A Bee stings and taste its nectar