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While most people refer to the stinging appendage of a bee as the stinger, it is scientifically referred to as a sting. People often think that there is a more complex name for this appendage.
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The scientific name for a bee's stinger is "aculeus." The stinger is a modified ovipositor used by female bees for defense. When a bee stings, the stinger becomes lodged in the victim, causing the bee to die due to the loss of its specialized stinging organ.
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What is the scientific name for Carniolan honey bees?
The scientific name for Carniolan honey bees is Apis mellifera carnica.
What is the scientific name for sweat bee?
'Sweat bee' is a colloquial name for bees of the order Halictidae, but the habit of trying to get salt by drinking human perspiration is not restricted to bees of this order. See the related links for more information.
What is the scientific name of killer bees?
Africanized honey bees (AHB), known colloquially as "killer bees" or Africanized bees, are hybrids of the African honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata (not A. m. adansonii; see Collet et al., 2006), with various European honey bees such as the Italian bee A. m. ligusticaand A. m. iberiensis.
Which animal's scientific name is trygon?
The scientific name for the stingray is Dasyatis pastinaca, also known as Trygon pastinaca. It is a cartilaginous fish characterized by its flattened body and whip-like tail with a venomous stinger.
Honey's scientific name?
Apis andreniformis, A. cerana, A. dorsata, A. florea, A. koschevnikovi, A. mellifera, and A. nigrocincta are scientific names of the honey bee.Specifically, a scientific name consists of at least two names, of which the first is the genus and the second the species. In this case, the genus indicates that the insect in question is a honey bee. The species tells exactly what kind of honey bee it is.
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
Do only bees have have a stinger?
No. Wasps do too.
Do bees die when they use their stinger?
yes
What colour is a bumble bees stinger?
Black
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.
What is the scientific name for Carniolan honey bees?
The scientific name for Carniolan honey bees is Apis mellifera carnica.
