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Is it possible for a bee's stinger to be activated a while after it is dead?
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∙ 14y ago
After a honey bee has stung you, the bee separates from the barb (stinger) and dies. The barb remains in your skin and continues to pump venom until you remove it.
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Do honey bees have venom?
No, but they use their stinger if humans annoy them. bees don't like to do this, because most bees die from losing their stinger.
What do you call the sharp part of the bees?
A stinger. :p A stinger :D
Do mining bees have a stinger?
yes they do.
How do bees poison their victims?
with their stinger
What is a bees tail called?
stinger?
Why do bees stab people with their buttocks?
Because a bees stinger is on their buttocks.
How do bees poison victims?
the stinger has venom
What colour is a bumble bees stinger?
Black
Do only bees have have a stinger?
No. Wasps do too.
Do bees die when they use their stinger?
yes
When bumble bees sting do they die?
No, they don't. Unlike bumble bees, honey bees die soon after they sting because their stingers have barbs that make it impossible for the bee to remove it, and instead the venom sack pulls free of the body, mortally wounding the bee. Bumble bees do not have barbs on their stinger, making it possible for the bee to remove it's stinger, and sting repeatedly.
Is the stinger always left in the skin?
No the stinger is not left in the skin from Wasps or Hornets. They just sting you and pull it out. Only Honey Bees leave a stinger in you. My family are beekeepers so I have been stung by many bees but since honey bees die when they loose their stinger they don't sting unless they feel threatened.
