Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue: 1

Killer bees: Case report of fatalities due to honeybee stinging

  • Author:
  • Manish Shrigiriwar, Rajesh Bardale, Shailendra Dhawane
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 15 to 17

Dept of Forensic Medicine, Indira Gandhi Govt. Medical College, Nagpur.

*Corresponding Author: Dr Manish Shrigiriwar, 5, Ayodhya nagar, Nagpur-24. E-mail: amanshreemanishmansi2000@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

Death from honeybee envenomation is rare phenomenon. In many cases no specific findings are obvious at necropsy, especially in allergic reactions that causes rapid onset of shock and death. We are reporting the autopsy findings in two cases of bee-sting related deaths.

Keywords

honeybee, death, anaphylaxis