Honeybee secretion may find use as local anesthetic
Bees can bite. Biologists from universities in Greece and France have
discovered that, besides a tail sting, the honeybee is capable of
packing a paralyzing bite. The bee uses its bite weapon on targets too
small to be stung. such as wax moth larva and varroa mites. The
intruders can infiltrate beehives and eat wax and pollen. The bee
delivers a
bite that can paralyze them
for up to nine minutes, enough time for them to be ejected from the
hive. The honeybee uses its mandibles to bite its enemy and then
secretes 2-heptanone into the wound. In their paper, the authors explain
that this defense weapon is produced in the mandibular glands, released
by the mandible pore of a reservoir and through the groove flows at the
sharp edge of mandibles.
"We believe, based on our
morphological studies and the anatomical evidence provided by others,
that the release of 2-H is not passive, but actively controlled by the
contraction of mandibular muscles." The "2-H" they refer to,
2-heptanone, is already known to biologists as a natural compound found
in some foods, including beer and white bread, and is secreted by some
insects. Biologists assumed, though, that the 2-H function is an alarm
pheromone, chemically-tagging areas for bees to revisit or calling on
other bees to attack intruders.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/
Honeybee secretion may find use as local anesthetic
Bees can bite. Biologists from universities in Greece and France have discovered that, besides a tail sting, the honeybee is capable of packing a paralyzing bite. The bee uses its bite weapon on targets too small to be stung. such as wax moth larva and varroa mites. The intruders can infiltrate beehives and eat wax and pollen. The bee delivers a
Bees can bite. Biologists from universities in Greece and France have discovered that, besides a tail sting, the honeybee is capable of packing a paralyzing bite. The bee uses its bite weapon on targets too small to be stung. such as wax moth larva and varroa mites. The intruders can infiltrate beehives and eat wax and pollen. The bee delivers a
bite that can paralyze them
for up to nine minutes, enough time for them to be ejected from the
hive. The honeybee uses its mandibles to bite its enemy and then
secretes 2-heptanone into the wound. In their paper, the authors explain
that this defense weapon is produced in the mandibular glands, released
by the mandible pore of a reservoir and through the groove flows at the
sharp edge of mandibles.
"We believe, based on our morphological studies and the anatomical evidence provided by others, that the release of 2-H is not passive, but actively controlled by the contraction of mandibular muscles." The "2-H" they refer to, 2-heptanone, is already known to biologists as a natural compound found in some foods, including beer and white bread, and is secreted by some insects. Biologists assumed, though, that the 2-H function is an alarm pheromone, chemically-tagging areas for bees to revisit or calling on other bees to attack intruders.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/
"We believe, based on our morphological studies and the anatomical evidence provided by others, that the release of 2-H is not passive, but actively controlled by the contraction of mandibular muscles." The "2-H" they refer to, 2-heptanone, is already known to biologists as a natural compound found in some foods, including beer and white bread, and is secreted by some insects. Biologists assumed, though, that the 2-H function is an alarm pheromone, chemically-tagging areas for bees to revisit or calling on other bees to attack intruders.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/
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