BEE VENOM POWDER
Honey bees produce bee venom powder. The most common uses for bee venom are in cosmetics and research, pharmaceuticals. Bee venom powder are used in a liquid solution for several purposes. Studies indicate that such bee venom solution may be useful in treating, for example, Lyme's disease treatment, arthritis treatment, rheumatic treatment, chronic inflammatory diseases, and bee venom desensitization.
The bees venom starts producing just after hatching and is filled up in the bees venom bladder. After about 20 days, the venom bladder is filled and contains a maximum amount of 0.3 grams of bee venom. After that, the production of the bee venom permanently stops. A bee sting contains only 50-100 micrograms of bee venom. Only the worker bees and the bee queen have bee venom, although the queen's venom bladder shrivels during her first year and the content in the venom bladder gets solid.
Lab analysis shows that bee poison has a complex chemical composition. It consists of more than 50% of different proteins and calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus. The component with the most significant toxic effect is melittin, which affects the blood circulation in humans and animals. Other ingredients are apamin that affects the nervous system, and histamine that causes pain.
When a bee stings, it injects its poison that consists of the following:
Bee venom powder is harvested with a bee venom collector by stimulating bees to sting on a glass sheet that has thin wires with a low current. The recovered toxin is purified and processed into medicinal preparations, e.g., ointments and injections. Bee venom causes the release of cortisone, which is the substance used in the treatment of rheumatism.
The bees venom starts producing just after hatching and is filled up in the bees venom bladder. After about 20 days, the venom bladder is filled and contains a maximum amount of 0.3 grams of bee venom. After that, the production of the bee venom permanently stops. A bee sting contains only 50-100 micrograms of bee venom. Only the worker bees and the bee queen have bee venom, although the queen's venom bladder shrivels during her first year and the content in the venom bladder gets solid.
Lab analysis shows that bee poison has a complex chemical composition. It consists of more than 50% of different proteins and calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus. The component with the most significant toxic effect is melittin, which affects the blood circulation in humans and animals. Other ingredients are apamin that affects the nervous system, and histamine that causes pain.
When a bee stings, it injects its poison that consists of the following:
- Apamin - Neurotoxin.
- Adolapin - Anti-inflammatory and analgesic (painkiller)
- Phospholipase - Degrades cellular membranes and inhibits blood coagulation.
- Hyaluronidase - Dilates the capillaries causing the spread of inflammation.
- Histamine - Allergic response and pain
- Dopamine - Increase pulse rate.
- Noradrenaline - Increase pulse rate.
- Protease -Inhibitors - anti-inflammatory and stop bleeding.
- Tertiapin- Blocks two types of potassium channels.
Bee venom powder is harvested with a bee venom collector by stimulating bees to sting on a glass sheet that has thin wires with a low current. The recovered toxin is purified and processed into medicinal preparations, e.g., ointments and injections. Bee venom causes the release of cortisone, which is the substance used in the treatment of rheumatism.
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