The inconvenience which arises from the stings of bees and wasps, also from the fluid ejected by ants when irritated, is due to formic acid.
When the nettle is touched lightly, the fine point of the hair punctures the skin, and a subcutaneous injection of formic acid is made, which quickly raises a blister.
There is a deal to be said in favour of the use of another organic acid, formic acid.
And this bond is seen still more clearly in those cases (for example, in the solution of nitric or formic acid in water) where the solution boils at a higher temperature than either water or the volatile substance dissolved in it.
In the case already considered, as in the case of formic acid in the researches of D.
Formic acid, or chlorides, do not interfere; in fact, it is advantageous to have a little chloride present.
After being washed in a paddle or drum, first with fresh water, and then in water containing lactic or formic acid to remove the lime, the skins are ready for tanning.
Another chemical of a different nature, but equally effective is formic acid, used in the proportion of 1.
These spiders possess a poisonous gland connected with their masticatory apparatus, which secretes a clear, oily, bitter acid-reacting fluid; the acidity seems due to formic acid.
The various species of ants possess at the tail special glands which secrete formic acid.
The inflammation caused by the sting of the bee is due to formic acid.
The observation has recently been made that the bees in the hive, even when they are undisturbed, wipe off on the combs the minute drops of bee poison (formic acid) which from time to time exude from the tip of their sting.
The more excitable and the more ready to sting the bees are, the greater will be the quantity of formic acidwhich is added to the honey, and the admixture of which good honey needs.
So that among the bees the honey which is stored for winter use, and among the ants the stores of grain which serve for food, are preserved by one and the same fluid, formic acid.
Burl hurried the others past a route to the front, reeking of formic acid, over which endless regiments and companies of ants moved frantically to join in the fight.
They moved sturdily along, heavily laden, over the route marked by the scent of formic acid left by their fellow-townsmen.
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