Title: Treatment of bumblebee stings and allergies | Koppert
Headings: Treatment of bumblebee stings and allergies
Treatment of bumblebee stings and allergies
Treatment of bumblebee stings and allergies
Bumblebee, honeybee, and wasp stings
How to prevent bumblebee stings?
Stung? Reactions and treatments
Treatment of a non-allergic, local reaction
Allergic reaction
Treating an allergic reaction
Toxic reactions
Hyperventilation
Increased risk
Living with a bumblebee allergy
Information for doctors
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Content: In humans, this generates a short severe pain that then fades away. Occasionally (in approximately 1% of cases), an allergic reaction against the injected venom develops. The response to a bumblebee sting can differ per incident. The stinger of a bumblebee or a wasp has no barbs. This means that the worker or queen can withdraw her stinger, and is able to sting again. A honeybee’s stinger does have barbs. When a honeybee tries to withdraw its stinger, it tears loose from the abdomen, taking the venom gland with it. How to prevent bumblebee stings? Bumblebees rarely sting. The chance of being stung by a bumblebee can be reduced by avoiding provoking them or making them aggressive.