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Menthol may also enhance the activity of glycine receptors and negatively modulate 5-HT 3 receptors and nAChRs. [11] Menthol is widely used in dental care as a topical antibacterial agent, effective against several types of streptococci and lactobacilli. [12] Menthol also lowers blood pressure and antagonizes vasoconstriction through TRPM8 ...
The bees cannot fly, and often crawl on the ground and up plant stems. In some cases, the crawling bees can be found in large numbers (1000+). The bees huddle together on the top of the cluster or on the top bars of the hive. They may have bloated abdomens due to distension of the honey sac. The wings are partially spread or dislocated.
A teenager partaking in Beezin' Beezin' is the practice of applying Burt's Bees brand lip balm, often menthol or peppermint flavored, to one's eyelids. [1] This practice, besides causing a stinging in the eyes, is purported to induce or heighten the sensation of being drunk or high, [2] or create a state or perceived state of enhanced alertness.
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Trigona fuscipennis bees have been discovered to engage in suicidal biting in order to defend the nest and against predators. Humans standing in the vicinity of nests are almost always attacked and experience painful bites. [17] The bees also crawl over the intruder into the ears, eye, mouth, and other cavities. [5]
Cleptobiosis, also known as cleptoparasitism, is a behaviour observed in various species of stingless bees, with over 30 identified species engaging in nest attacks, including honey bee nests. This behaviour serves the purpose of either resource theft or usurping the nest by swarming into an already occupied cavity and these bees are called ...
A leaf-cutter bee showing abdominal scopa. Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees.Characteristic traits of this family are the restriction of their pollen-carrying structure (called a scopa) to the ventral surface of the abdomen (rather than mostly or exclusively on the hind legs as in other bee families), and their typically elongated labrum. [1]
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