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A bee's sting really evolved in order to sting other insects. An insect's exoskeleton is hard so when the bee's sting penetrates it creates a hole big enough for the bee to withdraw the sting easily even though it is barbed. The bee's problems come with animal flesh. It is elastic so the hole produced as the sting penetrates closes up again and traps the sting. If the bee is given time, it can often withdraw the sting by going round and round as it pulls, but in most cases the animal's (or human's) reaction means it doesn't have the time, so as the bee pulls away in fright the sting gets left behind together with the venom sac and the muscles that pump the venom. The bee will die of the injuries caused some time between an hour and a day after.
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Can bees sting again?
bumblebees actually bite and don't sting; however, yellow jackets sting once and loose their stingers making them unable to sting again
Do male bees sting, or is it only the female bees that have stingers?
Only female bees have stingers, while male bees do not.
Can burrowing wood bees sting?
the female has a stinger but the male does not
What animal has a sting in its tail?
Scorpions, wasps, hornets and bees have stingers.
Do sweat bees die after they sting?
No, sweat bees do not die after they sting. Unlike honeybees, which have barbed stingers that are left behind in the skin and cause them to die after stinging, sweat bees have smooth stingers that allow them to sting repeatedly without harm to themselves.
Do male bees sting, or is it only the female bees that possess a stinger?
Only female bees possess a stinger, while male bees do not have stingers and cannot sting.
What type of bees have stingers in the front?
None. All bees have their sting at the tip of the abdomen -- the rear.
Do sweat bees have stingers?
That is a good question. Sweat bees or as I called them when I was small "Jacks" do infact sting! Their stingers are small and sharp!The poison in the bee is strong(not enough to kill or sicken the preditor.)and best treated under the trement written in "do bumbe bees sting?".The stinger is a slight presure and a bad sting!
Where do bees keep their stingers?
A bee's sting is at the tip of its abdomen. Incidentally, only female bees have stings.
Bees dont have to learn to sting they do it by what?
Typically they do it out of instinct, a fight or flight response.
Do butterflies sting?
The queens and workers can but their sting does not have barbs like a the honeybee, so they can sting more than once. Male's cant sting because they don't have a stinger. Males have a genital capsule for mating.
The stingers of bees and wasps are adaptations used for?
The stingers of bees and wasps are evolved from the queen's ovipositor, the part of her body that lays eggs. All workers (and the only ones that can sting) are female.
