[Histonet] cutting honey bees

[Patsy Ruegg]

for the whole bee I probably would process and embed it in glycol methacrylate (gma) it is much harder and would give better sections, we have done zebra fish and several other harder tissues including calcified bone in GMA.

Cheers,
Patsy

Patsy Ruegg, HT(ASCP)QIHC
Ruegg IHC Consulting
40864 E Arkansas Ave
Bennett, CO 80102
H 303-644-4538
C 720-281-5406
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> From: rjr6 <@t> psu.edu
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> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 23:15:33 +0000
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] cutting honey bees
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> I sectioned and stained honey bee and yellow jacket stingers years ago.  They wanted to show the difference between the stingers.  I wasn't sure what to do so I processed and handled like everything else.  I was able to get some good sections.  I put 6 stingers in each block and cut several sections figuring there should be at least one good stinger in each block and it worked.
> Roberta Horner
> Penn State University
> Animal Diagnostic Lab
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> Has anyone had experience embedding and cutting honey bees. I am sure
> there are some issues with the harder exoskeleton. Would that have to
> be dissected away first. I am considering helping a student with a
> science fair project on bees.
> 
> Douglas Gregg
> Veterianary pathologist
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