ALLERGEN - APIS MELLIFERA (HONEY BEE)

Overview

Honeybee is the only stinging Hymenoptera that nearly always leaves its fluked stinger in the skin of the victim.Venoms from honeybees and bumblebees are reported to be highly cross-reactive, which is consistent with the degree of structural similarity in the phospholipases, phospholipase A2. The hyaluronidases and phosphatases also have a high degree of similarity in honeybees and bumblebees.