what is the chemical in bees syings?
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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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The earwax isn't undergoing a biological change. The earwax being produced is being likely a somewhat different composition. Wax, as it's produced in the ear is basically a long chained ester, not unlike bee's wax. Differing long chained alcohols and fatty acids, used by the body will alter the melting point, meaning that some earwaxes will be sticky and some drier.
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Bees live on their honey during the winter.  Many other insects do die, but only after laying eggs that will hatch in the spring.\n\nCheck this out:  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/ythfacts/allyr/yf806.htm
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Honey bees transmit two important bits of information in their dance. One of the common patterns used by dancing bees is a figure eight. When the bee goes through the middle of the eight she waggles her abdomen from side to side. The dance is sometimes called the waggle dance after this habit. Bees can count, and the number of waggles tells the bees about how far away the nectar source is.\n\n \n\nThe orientation on the honey comb of the waggle part of the dance tells the direction of the nectar source from the hive. This information is based on the location of the sun in the sky. For instance, a nectar source directly toward the sun would translate into a dance where the waggle run is vertical on the comb. A patch of flowers away from the sun would result in a waggle dance downward on the comb. The dancing bees also share a taste of the nectar with other bees so they will know the type of flower they are seeking. The dance of the bees is a recruitment activity, with some bees following the steps of the returning forager until they have information necessary to find the flowers.
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methonol\nethanol\nacetic acid\nbenzene\ntoluene\nkerosene\nwater\nsteam
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If you mean "what structures are inside a rose?" then here is the answer: The general structure of a flower consists of sepals, petals, pistil, and stamen.  Sepals are the green leaves that cover the flower before it blooms.  The petals are the pretty and fragrant part.  The pistil is the female reproductive structure which receives pollen and forms seeds.  The stamen is the male reproductive structure and makes pollen.  The pistil and stamen are housed in the center of the rose.  \n\nIf you are asking "what is inside rose petals that make them smell?" That is caused by oils that are formed in petals.
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birds and bees pollenate flowers which make them grow and flourish and their seed then spread and the cycle starts again. like people male pollenate women then the stork comes and bring a new baby. wink,wink,nod,nod,righteo,righteo.
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GFS Chemicals\n\nhttp://www.gfschemicals.com/chemicals/gfschem-5018.asp
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It is indeed a wax. Plants create waxes as bees do. The chemical composition differs but these waxes consist of long hydrocarbon chains that may or may not be attached to a hydroxyl functionality. We had huge argumenets with federal scientists when I was preforming analysis for fats. The old method of analyzing fats involved stripping the food product with a solvent and evaporating the solvent and weighing the residue.\n\nFats are defined quite differently by law as being the sum of the fatty acids, expressed as triglycerides, from a food product. \n\nWaxes help plants retain their moisture in dry weather.
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When the cream is made other materials are added and mixed in with the bee's wax.  These act as contaminants to the bee's wax, intercalculating between the molecules thus lowering the melting temperature.  Anything which interupts the packing of any compound lowers the melting point and elevates the boiling point.
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bees are most attracted to brightly colored flowers with a strong scent.\nso i would say the colorfull ones!
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BEE PROPOLIS,I HEARD WILL WORK PRETTY GOOD.IT IS WHAT BEE'S USE TO DISINFECT THE HIVE TO KEEP IT FREE FROM BACTERIA,ETC.THEY SAY IT'S THE MOST STERILE INVIRONMENT THERE IS.I BELIEVE IT'S OMEGA-3'S THAT WORKS REAL WELL TOO.
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miapia87 is incorrect...bees dont eat other insects...they consume nectar...the sting that they have is for defense...and when they sting...the whole stinger and part of the abdomen will come off...that is why bees die after they've stung something...bees usually need to defend the nest from other queen bees who try to overthrow the dominant queen...and also from wasps and hornets...these insects do eat other bugs...anyway wasps and hornets don't die once they've sting you...they are more vicious than bees...their venoms are more potent...and...they can sting you again and again...so please avoid them...at all cost!!!
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I agree with the posters who say they're just honeybees.  Hopefully they're not killer bees.  Please do not try to kill them.  If you aren't willing to let them stay, find out about getting the hive moved to a different spot.  Unless you're allergic or they hive is in your way, there isn't really a reason for you to bother them.
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Taking pollen grains from one plant and puttig them on the stigma of flowers of onother plant is cross pollination. When this happens properties of two plants get mixed so a new improved plant can be produced. Bees come in cotact with pollen grains of one plant when the collect the nector and when they vist other plant they leave pollens in the flowers in process pollinate them.\nTo attract bees, plants produce nector and scent and when bees visit these flowers they are pollinated so more fruits are produced\nThis realtionship for the benefit of both hence it is called symbiosis.
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worker honey bee or bumble bee
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Stores obviously "sell" it. Bees, on the other hand, "cell" it, by storing it in the cells of their hives.