Wanna know how it’s important?

Bees are acidic. Wasps are alkaline.

I was chopping the leaves of my coconut tree and was throwing them out when I suddenly got stung by bees/wasps. Immediately I ran into my house and washed my whole body with soap.

Soap is alkaline. Had I not known that bee stings are acidic, I’d probably wash my body with just water. And I would’ve been in pain much longer.

How did I figure it was bees? I didn’t. I only had one fact in mind; I’m more likely to encounter bees than wasps in my country. And I believe in statistics.

I learned the properties of bee and wasp stings in my science class many years ago. I got stung last year. And my pain was relieved rather quickly. So that’s how science is important in daily life.