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Bee Venom Has "Botox-Like Effect," Is Worth 7 Times As Much As Gold
dryriver writes "The BBC reports that cosmetic products using bee venom as an ingredient are a new 'hot seller' in the cosmetics market. Bee venom is said to have an effect on female skin similar to Botox injections, tightening the skin and making wrinkles and other signs of aging appear less pronounced than before. Unlike Botox, however, bee venom does not need to be injected, and can be absorbed through the skin naturally as an ingredient of cosmetic skin creme. Now comes the kicker: A special electrified device that causes bees to sting a synthetic membrane and release their venom can harvest about one gram of bee venom from 20 bee hives. That one gram of bee venom is worth a whopping 350 dollars. This makes bee venom almost seven times more valuable than gold, which, in comparison, is worth only about 53 dollars per gram."
I think we've finally found the real reason why honey bees are disappearing.
leave them bee!
Never say never. Ah!! I did it again!
I asked my "doctor" to inject BOTOX into my sphincter to remove the wrinkles but he refused. Hopefully I can use this => http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/12/24/0056235/bee-venom-has-botox-like-effect-is-worth-7-times-as-much-as-gold to improve the appearance of my puckered asshole.
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P.S. => I already wax and bleach my asshole and encourage everyone else to do the same.
Man, I wonder how much and what animal venom they use in my ink jet printer cartridges...
And you thought bee venom was expensive? Just wait until you see the prices of HP 3D Printer Bee Venom Cartridges.
I need clarification on your proposed measurement #3.
By 'Members of the Senate", do you mean:
a) The value of their lives (What the rest of us would be losing if they were to magically disappear in a Harry Potter-esque manner),
b) Their value to the rest of us (What we gain from them per capita versus what they take from us),
-or-
c) What it costs to buy one (What needs explaining?!)
Knowing Google's lust for data collection, the Soviet Union is still alive and well inside the psyche of Sergey Brin....
Instead of producing it from bees for $350/g, you could put the appropriate genes into some E. coli and have them produce it for 20% of that price or less. But of course then you wouldn't be able to sell it for $350/g.
I thought getting shitfaced meant something else.
No. The beard gets in the way of the neck.
*whispers*: Platypus venom.
Down With Slashdot BETA!!! I've been around the corner and seen the oliphant; you can only abuse me from your perspecti
"My balls are as smooth as pearls, and you know how much women love pearls"
Not to mention their love for the necklace you can make with them.
Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
I'm trying really hard to figure out if you got whooshed...
It's the Big Brother effect.
Women go crazy when on camera.