And where does something like a honey bee rank on the pain scale? For decades ... Animal: Honey bee and European hornet Schmidt Index: 2.0 Description: Like a matchhead that flips off and burns ...

In the Schmidt sting pain index and others, wasp, bee and ant stings are evaluated on a one through four scale ... the Asian giant hornet represents a major threat to the European honey bees ...

This pain was a lightbulb moment for Dr Schmidt, as he realised that there was a 'day and night' difference between the harvester ant sting and those of honey bees, wasps, and hornets ...

Ever wanted to know what a bullet ant sting feels like, without putting yourself through the pain? Wondering what’s worse, the sting of a fire ant or warrior wasp? You’ve come to the right place.

On the pain scale ... a Schmidt index pain rating higher than the fire ant's score of 1.2, however. Even the humble honey bee scores 2.0. Dr Schmidt, who died this year (not from an insect sting ...

Well, thanks to Schmidt, now we know. The entomologist created the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, which ranks how much the stings of various insects hurt, on a scale ... also some hornets in Asia ...

The tarantula hawk wasp's sting, which rates a brutal 4 on Schmidt's scale, causes pain so intense it can only be described as "blinding, fierce [and] shockingly electric" - yet lasts only about ...

If you think your job is painful, try spending a workday with Justin Schmidt. Schmidt is an entomologist who focuses on a group of insects called Hymenoptera — we know them as stinging ants ...

Hornets have smooth stingers and can sting multiple times in a row. True European hornets are woodland ... Then apply ice to lower swelling and help with the pain. It should get better within ...

Studying the venom of bees, wasps and ants, he was stung hundreds of times and famously ranked the stings in a colorful pain scale index. By Richard Sandomir Justin O. Schmidt, an intrepid ...