Monday, October 29, 2007

Anatomy of a worker honey bee

Discuss why it is not a good idea to rub a bee sting.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is not a good idea to rub a bee sting because There is venom in a sac attached to the stinger. When you try to scratch the stinger you just help push the venom out into your body.

David F, Thomas M, Lea G

Anonymous said...

A bee’s sting has barb- like hook as the end, so when they sting you the sting along with the poison sac is left behind in your skin. The poison sac transports the poison through the sting in to you, if you looked closely enough, you would actually see the tiny poison sac pulsing the poison into your body. So, as the poison sac is still pulsing venom into your bloodstream, if you get stung by a bee, you do not want rub the sting, as your pushing more venom in.
Amburr M.
Dan-yell S.
Shheh W.

Anonymous said...

its not a good idea to rub your arm where you got stong because when you rub the stinger it helps push the venom ito your body.

jd & jesse
kpm

Anonymous said...

when a honey bee stings you the fish hook like barbs on the stinger hold the stinger and poison sac in your skin and the bee dies.

ritchie and justin

Anonymous said...

It is not a good idea to rub a bee sting ecause this causes more irritation, and pushes more venom into your body. The best thing to do is use your fingernail to scrape out the stinger, this will cause less irritaion and give you some relif.
Kristy-Lynn H.
Brock H.