Bee venom does not appear immediately after birth, but after 8-10 days of life. It is for this reason that young bees do not sting.
Why does a bee die after stinging a person?
The fact is that bee sting, somewhat reminiscent of a harpoon, on the tip of which there are several notches.
The skin of humans and many animals is very elastic. The sting of a bee enters it with ease, but it can no longer pull it out.
However only a bee has such a sting. For example, wasps, hornets, and mosquitoes, after stinging, they can easily remove their sting.
Let me remind you that a bee is much millions of years older than humans. At the time when it was born and evolved, there was simply no need for an acute sting without chipping. After all if a bee stings another insect or another bee, it pulls out its sting with ease.
That is why the thesis that a bee always dies after stinging is incorrect!
After the bee was fully formed as a species, with the very sting that it has now, a man began to appear.
If the development of the bee and the person took place simultaneously, I dare to assume that nature would not have allowed such a mistake, and would have endowed the bee with a sting without notches. Indeed, today man is the biggest enemy for bees!
Bee venom consists of two main components, as well as the glands that secrete it, too, two - acidic and alkaline. Only after stinging does the mixing of these two components occur and the formation of a special secretion - the bee venom of apitoxin.
Stinging the bee is quite painful, because after the sting is left in the skin, the poison continues to act, and the sting pulsates. If it is not immediately removed, then the poison is absorbed completely.
Consequences of such a bite everyone can be different, a lot depends on the body's resistance. Beekeepers, like people accustomed to such stinging, develop immunity. The bite site does not blush or swell, and the pain lasts only a couple of seconds.
A person who rarely encounters bee stinging may have redness and swelling, which usually disappears in a couple of days. In general, sharp pain lasts no more than 1 minute.
The danger of bee venom is only for people allergic to it. After a bite, the tumor may be throughout the body, as well as nausea and vomiting, fever, and even Quincke's edema. Therefore, if there are such symptoms, an immediate ambulance call is required!
And if it tingles slightly (usually no more than 1-2 minutes), and then a slight redness at the site of the bite and thickening - do not worry. In a couple of days, everything will go away.
