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11th May 2016, 11:52 AM
Bee stings to the pee-pee hurt
New government study proves...
One study, which wound up costing $1 million (http://www.flake.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/ef6fcd58-c537-491f-aa06-6f7a81038d0e/sen.-jeff-flake-s-twenty-questions---report.pdf), sought to find out where it hurts the most to be stung by a bee, which resulted in a researcher being stung in the penis (apparently, only the third most painful body part to be stung).
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-who-bees-sting-penis-6466518
Cornell University http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article6466437.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Michael-Smith.jpg
In the name of science: Michael Smith used his own body for a painful experiment to test the effect of bee stings
A man has earned scientific recognition after he agreed to let a bee sting him on his (http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/weird-science)penis in the name of research.
Michael L Smith let the insects loose on his own body, ending up with stings on his male appendage and 24 other places.
His dedication to the cause earned Smith an Ig Nobel prize for physiology and entomology.
The Ig Nobel prizes seek to celebrate achievements (http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/) that first make people laugh and then make them think, as a spoof on the more serious Nobel Prize awarded in Sweden, which will be announced next month.
The annual prizes, meant to entertain and encourage global research and innovation, are awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research.
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The Schmidt Sting Pain Index rates the painfulness of 78 Hymenoptera species, using the honey bee as a reference point. However, the question of how sting painfulness varies depending on body location remains unanswered. This study rated the painfulness of honey bee stings over 25 body locations in one subject (the author). Pain was rated on a 1–10 scale, relative to an internal standard, the forearm. In the single subject, pain ratings were consistent over three repetitions. Sting location was a significant predictor of the pain rating in a linear model (p < 0.0001, DF = 25, 94, F = 27.4). The three least painful locations were the skull, middle toe tip, and upper arm (all scoring a 2.3). The three most painful locations were the nostril, upper lip, and penis shaft (9.0, 8.7, and 7.3, respectively). This study provides an index of how the painfulness of a honey bee sting varies depending on body location.
https://dfzljdn9uc3pi.cloudfront.net/2014/338/1/fig-1-1x.jpg
New government study proves...
One study, which wound up costing $1 million (http://www.flake.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/ef6fcd58-c537-491f-aa06-6f7a81038d0e/sen.-jeff-flake-s-twenty-questions---report.pdf), sought to find out where it hurts the most to be stung by a bee, which resulted in a researcher being stung in the penis (apparently, only the third most painful body part to be stung).
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-who-bees-sting-penis-6466518
Cornell University http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article6466437.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Michael-Smith.jpg
In the name of science: Michael Smith used his own body for a painful experiment to test the effect of bee stings
A man has earned scientific recognition after he agreed to let a bee sting him on his (http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/weird-science)penis in the name of research.
Michael L Smith let the insects loose on his own body, ending up with stings on his male appendage and 24 other places.
His dedication to the cause earned Smith an Ig Nobel prize for physiology and entomology.
The Ig Nobel prizes seek to celebrate achievements (http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/) that first make people laugh and then make them think, as a spoof on the more serious Nobel Prize awarded in Sweden, which will be announced next month.
The annual prizes, meant to entertain and encourage global research and innovation, are awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research.
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The Schmidt Sting Pain Index rates the painfulness of 78 Hymenoptera species, using the honey bee as a reference point. However, the question of how sting painfulness varies depending on body location remains unanswered. This study rated the painfulness of honey bee stings over 25 body locations in one subject (the author). Pain was rated on a 1–10 scale, relative to an internal standard, the forearm. In the single subject, pain ratings were consistent over three repetitions. Sting location was a significant predictor of the pain rating in a linear model (p < 0.0001, DF = 25, 94, F = 27.4). The three least painful locations were the skull, middle toe tip, and upper arm (all scoring a 2.3). The three most painful locations were the nostril, upper lip, and penis shaft (9.0, 8.7, and 7.3, respectively). This study provides an index of how the painfulness of a honey bee sting varies depending on body location.
https://dfzljdn9uc3pi.cloudfront.net/2014/338/1/fig-1-1x.jpg