Collecting Bees and Hornets for Immunotherapy Drugs
Filed in archive Allergy Medications , Insect Allergies on July 20, 2006
While some people are deathly allergic to wasps, bees, hornets, and the like, there are those who actively seek them.
Cook is collecting certain hornets, wasps and yellow jackets - species known as vespids - to send to Vespa Labs in Spring Mills, Pa., which extracts venom and uses it to treat those who are allergic to bees.
Read the story of someone who play a role in manufacturing immunotherapy shots for allergies to insect bites. Click here to read vespid-expert, Phillip Cook.
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