The Bite of the Honeybee: 2-Heptanone Secreted from Honeybee Mandibles during a Bite Acts as a Local Anaesthetic in Insects and Mammals

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TIL Honeybees have a venomous bite that stuns and may be used as local anesthetic for humans.

User Demithus, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 07 Mar 2014

2-Heptanone - Secreted from the bite of a honeybee, is effective as a local anesthetic in insects and mammals.

User DarwinDanger, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 23 Oct 2012

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