Friday, April 16, 2010

TIP: How to remove the sting without getting to much venom


If you are stung by a bee, here's how you remove the sting without injecting too much venom. One needs to understand that the sting has a pump attached and if squeezed will pump all the venom.



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The bee stung me!

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The needle stays in here

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together with some gut remainings

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If I squeeze the pump at the end of the sting, I'll inject all the venom.

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For this not to happen, I will do the following:

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I'll take a knife and attempt to remove needle like this,

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without squeezing the pump and therefore not injecting to much venom.

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I hope this tip helps you too!

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