title: Venom Collection from Honey Bees.
abstract: A device that provides an 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.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Benton
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Morse
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Stewart