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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By 1990, Schmidt had revised the Schmidt Sting Pain Index to cover 78 species, ranking the pain intensity of their stings from zero to four. At the low end of the scale, you’ll find species like ...