3 THE COMPOSITION OF BEE VENOM
The venoms of most stinging insects including honey bees consisted of enzymes, protein, peptides, and a verity of smaller molecules (Table 1). The pharmacological and biochemical activities of the various stinging insect venoms remarkably convergent. Most venoms induce immediate pain, contain phosphlipases, hyaluronidase, and other enzymatic activities, and are capable of destroying red blood cells [22]. Most hymenopterous venoms also contain low molecular weight peptides that are highly basic and have isoelectric points ranging from pH 9-12