Flowers Bees
Flowers Bees
Bees & Wasps: Don't Get Stung in Court
The soft drone of bees drifting lazily from flower to flower seems an innocuous part of the summer landscape. But when surprised or provoked, these usually beneficial insects can attack and turn deadly.
The experiences of a Miami Beach apartment owner provide a cautionary tale for business and property owners. A swarm of bees attacked the property manager while she was checking vacant apartments, sending her to the emergency room with multiple stings. Maintenance workers located a massive beehive in the wall of an empty apartment. Honey had permeated the wallboard and dripped through the ceiling onto a staircase. Before cleanup procedures could be started, a tenant slipped on the honey and fell down the stairs, seriously injuring himself and requiring extensive surgery. By the time all the lawsuits and medical bills were settled, bees wound up costing the property owner $1.4 million.
Bees and wasps are beneficial insects. They pollinate flowers and farm crops and prey on harmful insects. Only a few of the 35,000 species of bees and wasps present a problem to humans. Most bees and wasps live a solitary lifestyle, but many stinging species, including honeybees, bumblebees, paper wasps, yellowjackets and hornets live together in large colonies. Their painful sting is used to paralyze insect prey and protect the hive from attack. Generally, bees and wasps don’t bother humans unless provoked. In fact, according to a risk analysis by the Harvard School of Public Health, your chance of being stung by a bee is about 6 million to one. You’re twice as likely to be struck by lightening. Despite the low risk, stinging insects send 500,000 people to U.S. hospitals every year.
As summer wanes and colonies forage for food to sustain their queens over the winter, bees and wasps become increasingly aggressive. Wasps, which include paper wasps, hornets and yellowjackets, are more aggressive than bees and, unlike honeybees, can sting multiple times. When provoked, bees and wasps swarm and attack. As the stinger penetrates the victim, toxin is injected accompanied by the release of alarm pheromones that attract hive mates to the attack. The attack will not end until the victim flees to an impenetrable shelter or is killed.
Bee and wasp stings are generally classed as a nuisance, though they can be quite painful, causing swelling and itching. However, to those who are allergic, a single sting can be fatal. Allergic reactions to bee stings include hives, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, slurred speech, drop in blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, swelling in the throat that interferes with breathing, and unconsciousness. “Usually the throat closes up and blood vessels dilate so much that you go into shock,” explained Ohio allergist Dr. Garry Rupp. Antitoxin must be delivered within 15 minutes or death can occur. An estimated 2.5 million Americans are allergic to bee stings which cause between 50 and 100 deaths each year.
Bees, wasps and ants are closely related, being of the biological order Hymenoptera which means “membrane wing.” All have chewing mouthparts, six legs and four transparent or translucent wings. Depending on species, they range in size from approximately 1/2 to one inch and go through a complete metamorphosis with egg, larva, pupa and adult stages. Predominately female, only a few males are produced each year to fertilize the queens.
Colonies, which can number in the hundreds, live in complex hive structures. Bees use wax to build hives while wasps produce a paper-like substance from partially chewed wood. Hives may built on tree limbs, under the eaves of homes, under siding, inside garages and storage sheds, in attics or in enclosed spaces such as underground burrows, hollow trees and logs, wall voids, empty boxes, even old tires. Except for the queens who hide deep in the hive, the entire colony dies during the winter. The exception is honeybees who survive the winter by eating stored honey.
The sting from bees and wasps can be financial as well as physical. These stinging pests present a serious problem for business and property owners, endangering and driving away customers and tenants. Bees and wasps are attracted by perfume, bright colors, sweets and proteins. Highly aggressive yellowjackets which feed on sweets and proteins can be especially dangerous to patrons of outdoor picnics, patio restaurants, swimming pools, amusement parks and other popular summer events. You’ll find these menacing pests buzzing around food and drink tables, crawling into soda cans, frightening children holding ice cream cones, and hovering around garbage cans and recycling bins. Their presence can send customers fleeing and spoil even the best-planned event.
Don’t get “stung” this summer. If you are experiencing a problem with bees or wasps, consult a pest control expert before anyone gets hurt. Due to the aggressive and potentially dangerous nature of these pests, removal should be handled by a pest control expert.
About the Author
Douglas Stern is the managing partner of Stern Environmental Group and a bee control expert. His firm serves commercial and residential clients in New Jersey, New York City, New York, and Connecticut. His firm is located at 100 Plaza Drive in Secaucus, New Jersey. You can reach him toll free at 1-888-887-8376. Please visit us on the Web at www.SternEnvironmental.com.
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Organic Flower Pollen Extract Offers Hormone Balance
As women continue to seek alternatives to estrogen replacement therapy, a large amount of clinical trials have proven that organic flower pollen alleviates symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. Organic Flower Pollen is a non-hormone herbal remedy which relieves hot flushes and premenstrual syndrome (PMS). This is great news for those women who have been seeking answers from natural and safe pathways of health. In one clinical study, women were randomly given either organic flower pollen each morning, or two identical placebos for three months of treatment. The goal was to see whether the herb alleviated the symptoms of menopause, specifically hot flushes. The patients were asked to evaluate sixteen symptoms of menopause using Menopause Rating Scales (MRS) at four-week intervals and on inclusion or the study. Additionally, certain menopausal symptoms were recorded every day throughout the study. Among those who received the organic flower pollen, sixty-five percent responded with a reduction in hot flushes, compared to thirty-eight percent of those in the placebo group. MRS evaluation of hot flushes showed similar results demonstrating the benefits of organic pollen extract. The pollen extract significantly reduced hot flushes and certain other menopausal symptoms when it was compared to the placebo in this study.
Organic flower pollen also offers one of the safest methods of achieving optimal health for women. This herb is made from the pollens of seven specific varieties of organically grown flowers, which are cultivated in the southern parts of Sweden. Highly specialized processes are then used to produce the pollen extracts, in turn, simulating the natural pollination processes of flowers by mixing fresh pollen and pistils. In order to ensure purity, only one type of flower is grown in each field or greenhouse, and the pollen in the fields is hand-collected at precisely the right time, before it is collected by bees or carried away by the wind. A special enzymatic process then extracts the nutrients from inside the pollen grain, leaving the hard outer shell behind. This minimizes the allergy potential and makes the extracted pollen very easy to absorb. Finally, each finished batch is tested to ensure the removal of allergens.
Organic flower pollen has been researched in many clinical studies since 1991, all of which have shown significant improvement in PMS and menopause symptoms after only two months of continuous use. Although no known direct hormonal effect has been found in organic flower pollen, those who use it can have the following results: less bloating and water retention; fewer aches, pains, and cramps; improved mood and less irritability; more restful sleep; fewer hot flushes and less sweating; and overall improved well-being.
This herb is not bee pollen, but rather flower pollen that is harvested before it is gathered by bees. It is an extremely nutrient-dense substance that has been used for a long time in the treatment of many different conditions and diseases. Pollen from one plant has an entirely different pharmalogical effect than other pollens. Bee pollen contains an unknown variety of pollens because the bees collect from a number of different flowers. Organic flower pollen is a specific blend of seven distinct cultivars, each of which is organically grown in organically cultivated fields and greenhouses.
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