Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Science
Volume
142
Publication Date
1-1-1963
First Page
228
Last Page
230
Abstract
A device that provides and electric shock makes it possible to collect pure venom from several thousand honey bees (Apis mellifera). The collection apparatus fits underneath the brood chamber of a colony of bees and may be moved from hive to hive. Each colony is “milked” for 5 minutes. An average of 20 hives must be “milked” to obtain 1 gram of venom. Under optimum conditions this quantity of venom is produced by 10,000 worker bees.
Recommended Citation
Benton, Allen W.; Morse, Roger A.; and Stewart, Joseph D., "Venom Collection from Honey Bees" (1963). Ba. Paper 249.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_ba/249