Is bee sting a sign of luck?

Bees are nine species of resource insects belonging to the genus Apis. They are well known because they can pick flowers and make honey, and they are feared because they have poisonous needles in their stomachs. In fact, many people have been stung by bees, and some superstitious people even think it is a sign. Let's see if being stung by a bee symbolizes a change of luck!

First of all, superstition

Being stung by a bee is a sign of luck change in superstition, which shows that people who are stung will often have good things in the near future. The reason is that there has been a saying in China since ancient times that "bees are rich when they come, and Yan is expensive when they come", while bees and phoenix are homophonic, and phoenix is a legendary bird in China, which indicates good luck, so being stung by bees in superstition indicates good luck.

Second, scientific exposition.

Being stung by a bee symbolizes a change of luck, which is just a superstition. In fact, being stung by a bee will hurt for a while without any warning at all. From a scientific point of view, being stung by a bee is just guarding the hive. If it really indicates good luck, then beekeepers will become the richest people in the world, so what a bee sting indicates is pure nonsense.

Third, handle it correctly.

The venom of bees is weakly acidic, and its toxicity is far weaker than that of wasps. Generally, it can be cured in 1 ~ 3 days with a little treatment. The correct method is to take out the stinger on the skin with tweezers and other tools, then clean the stung part with weak alkaline solution such as soda water or soapy water, and finally apply some drugs such as Nantong snake medicine and Yunnan Baiyao to reduce swelling and relieve pain.