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To: Keyhopper
Collected bee venom is very expensive.

Well harvesting it must be a painstaking affair...

28 posted on 09/04/2020 7:12:29 PM PDT by Buttons12
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To: Buttons12

Actually the process involves an electrified sponge landing pad. Bees land on it, get shocked, and sting the sponge.
This kills the bee. Bee venom ran $1K an ounce in the 80s


29 posted on 09/04/2020 7:39:35 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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