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Onions don't cure bee stings. A bee sting is a cocktail of acids and various proteinic toxins. There's nothing an onion would help with except perhaps distraction.
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Are cut onions dangerous?
No, but the juice stings and if you cut yourself with the knife it's bad.
Can blue mud dauber wasps kill you?
Not unless you are allergic to bee stings.
How to neutralise a bee sting?
vinegar can be used to cure a bee sting.
What acids bee stings contain?
The acid in a bee sting is formic acid, also known as methanoic acid. However, it is not really the acid that causes the pain. The most active ingredients in bee venom is melittin and apamin, both of which cause pain and swelling.
What are onions annual biennial and perennial?
Onions are biennials
Is soap an acid?
no its an alkali because it can cure bee stings.
What is the importance of biology at home?
to know how to cure bee and wasp stings and stuff
Will eating bee pollen cure bee sting allergies?
It's unlikely. If you have a severe reaction to bee stings, you should always carry an epi pen with you.
Why can you use toothpaste to treat a bee sting?
Never heard of that. BUT for bees stings use bi carbonate of soda and for wasp stings use vinegar. Because bee stings are acid and the bicarbonate neutralizes it and wasp stings are alkaline so the acid neutralizes it.
Do bee stings leave scars?
Bee stings do not usually leave scars.
How does toothpaste cure bee and wasp stings?
Toothpaste reduces the pain and swelling of a bee sting (because toothpaste is a base and the bee sting is acidic) Toothpaste doesn't help wasp stings because wasp stings and toothpaste are alkali. (However vinegar works well on wasp stings because vinegar is acidic)
When a bee stings you does it get very itchy?
Yes, bee stings often swell and then itch.
What happens if a bee stings?
The bee dies
How does copper remove bee stings?
it is a special chemical inside the copper that removes bee stings
What is special about a bee?
A Bee stings and taste its nectar
Why baking powder is used to cure ant bites?
Bee, hornets and ant bites and stings are acidic, that's why the baking soda helps to neutralize it.
Can you give 3 examples of neutralisation in the home?
if you put vinegar on wasp stings it will help because wasp stings have alkali in it and vinegar is a weak acid but bee stings are different they are acidic so if you put toothpaste on it it will help (try not to get bee stings mixed up with wasp stings because it will hurt even more if you put toothpaste on wasp stings or vinegar on bee stings)
