A worker honey bee's sting is barbed, so after she has thrust it into the victim she cannot pull it back out. When the bee pulls away, the sting remains behind, together with the venom sac and often part of the intestine. The resulting damage is fatal to the bee.
A queen bee has a smooth sting so she can withdraw the sting and re-use it.
Drones (male bees) don't have a sting.
No, ony honey bees die if they lose their stinger.
Yes but if you don't do nothing to it to lose ther stinger you are going to get sting over and over and over.
no No, they can sting repeatedly and never lose a stinger. Bees, however, can only sting once, because their stinger comes out and sticks to the wound.
A yellow jacket's stinger is not barbed like a honeybee. Therefore, the yellow jacket can sting repeatedly.
No. That's just bees.
Some of their guts come out when the stinger is ejected so they lose blood and organs.
No. After a bee has stung its victim, when it pulls away the barbed stinger pulls out of the bee's body together with with the venom sac and the associated structures. The bee dies from its injuries.
Only honey bee workers die after they sting, and then only if they lose their stinger. This is because the honey bee's sting is barbed. All other bees have smooth stings so have no problem pulling them out again so they don't die after they sting.Drones (male bees or wasps) don't have stingers.
Generally, only honey bee workers die after stinging because their sting is barbed. Stings originally evolved to be used against other insects, and when they are they just punch a hole in the victim's exoskeleton and the bee has no trouble getting the sting back out. When it stings an animal or human the elastic skin closes around the sting and grips it. The sting mechanism is not firmly attached to the bee's abdomen so when it pulls away it leaves the sting behind together with the venom sac and the muscles to pump the venom. Unfortunately for the bee this causes other internal injuries, and the bee dies from these injuries.Other bees, such as bumble bees, have stings which are not barbed so they can easily be withdrawn from the skin.
Bees sting for the same reason that wolves bite and horses kick. It is their defence mechanism; their means of protecting themselves and their hive.A bee will sting when it feels threatened.Bees are generally docile. If one flies near you it is very unlikely to sting if you don't make sudden movements towards it, so don't try to swat it away. It will soon lose interest in you and fly away.
No. This is only true of honeybees. Wasps do not lose their stingers and can sting multiple times.
No, a wasp cannot lose its stinger. However, honeybees do lose their stinger (and life) when they sting a person. And their stinger continues to pump venom into the victim after it has become detached from the bee. The stinger of the wasp is not barbed and can be used again and again, while the honeybee stinger is barbed and remains in victim's skin.
All bees will lose their stinger as well as some wasps and yellow jackets. Bellow I posted a link that shows the difference between the main types of bees, yellow jackets, and wasps that you will find in North America. http://www.beeremovalspecialist.com/
Yes, but only the females have stings. They are quite docile, though, and are not so aggressive as other bees and some wasps.
No. European honeybees permenantly lose their stinger after stinging a victim, and the bee dies. The Africanized honeybee (the "killer bee") does not lose its stinger and can sting multiple times.
Some of their guts come out when the stinger is ejected so they lose blood and organs.
Oh, yes!And it's not a nice experience.
Their stinger is attached to their guts so that when they sting a person, they lose they're guts as well... Not the best answer but hey...
Yes. The stinger of a honeybee has barbs on it which is left when the bee stings and tries to pull away. The barbs are connected to the bee's abdomen so once the bee stings and pulls away, the barb is pulled, which pulls the bee's abdomen out as well and then the bee soon dies.
Yes it does have a stinger but it does not lose it when it stings you. It is a hornet and since it doesn't lose its stinger when it stings you it can sting you over and over again. I have ran over a hornet nest entrance and they attacked with full force and didn't let up until a minute or so later. I ran flinging my arms and smacking them but it didn't do much of anything at all and it hurts for hours unlike wasps that don't lose their stingers either.
That the stinger cannot be removed without rupturing the apian lower abdomen is the reason why bees die if they sting people. The insect stinger, structured similar to barbed wire that moves around and around like a screw instead of up and down like a syringe, removes digestive material, glands, muscles, and venom sacs and leaves behind fatally big holes at the end of the abdomen. Bees suffer painful deaths for their barbed stingers, which wasps and yellow jackets lack and which explains why they survive stinging other life forms such as people.
A wasp's sting is smooth so it has no problem withdrawing it after stinging and doesn't lose it. So, the wasp doesn't die after stinging and can sting a number of times.