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A wasp withdraws its stinger so there is nothing to come out. However, the stinger of a honey bee remains in your skin and should be removed as quickly as possible as it will be pumping venom until it is removed. It will also turn septic eventually if it isn't removed. Incidentally, the honey bee dies after it has stung you becaue its stinger is ripped from its body in the process of stinging.

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What kind of wasp has a stinger on it's head?

No wasp or bee has a stinger on its head.


How do you extract a wasp stinger?

You don't. Unlike a honey bee, a wasp withdraws its stinger after stinging and a honey bee leaves its stinger stuck in your skin.


What are wasp and bee stings?

The self-defensive sinking of a stinger, with the resulting death of the bee, not the wasp, into skin defines a bee or a wasp sting.


Where does the bee have a sting?

The stinger is on the back end of the bee, wasp, or hornet.


What draws a wasp stinger out?

A wasp's stinger (or a bee's stinger for that matter), is actually called an ovipositor. It is a hollow and somewhat pointed tube used by the wasp or bee to lay eggs. However, it is also used as a 'defensive' weapon when the wasp or bee stings something or someone. There is a small venom sack attached to it. So, the wasp or bee has a choice on what to eject from the "stinger," either an egg, or venom, depending upon how the bee or wasp is using its "stinger."The stinger is usually at or near the rear of the insect. So, it is not in the mouth of the wasp or bee. When a person is stung, they are poked by the stinger, not bit.Since the "stinger" is actually designed to lay or deposit eggs, only female bees and wasps can sting. Male bees and wasps cannot sting because they have no stinger and cannot lay eggs. The stinger can vary in length, depending upon the wasp or bee species and may be quite small in some species, a few tenths' of a millimeter long, or may be quite long, over 10 centimeters, again, depending upon the wasp or bee species. Some wasps can sting, some cannot sting (or perhaps do not know to sting). However, I have been stung by wasps that are very small, 1 - 2 mm, and wasps that are large. And I have not been stung by larger wasps with very large stingers. So, the wasp's size is not a very good indicator of whether a wasp will sting or not.If the stinger is jagged or barbed, like a worker honey bee, the stinger is torn out of the bee when it stings someone, and thus kills the bee. When the stinger is smooth, like for many wasp species, the stinger does not pull out, and the wasp can sting as many times as it wants or feels the need to do.


What is stronger a bee sting or a wasp sting?

A wasp's sting. The wasp sting is worse because their stinger is smooth making them able to pull it out smoothly and shove it in again. A bee's stinger is barbed like a fishing hook so they can't pull it out.


What are bees with triangle stingers?

there is no bee, wasp, hornet, and honey bee that has a triangle stinger. (they all have cone stingers).


What kind of bug has a black and white stinger that's twice the size of its body?

It is a wasp


What makes a worker honey bees stinger different from the stinger of a wasp?

Wasp can sting mant times over and over again. The venom they inject is more powerful than a honey bee.


What is the difference between bee sting and wasp sting?

A bee stinger is barbed and once inserted into its target, the bee can not retract it so as the bee leaves the victim it leaves the stinger and a bit of its insides behind (the bee will eventually die as a result). The stinger continues to inject venom after the bee departs and should be removed without squeezing it. A wasp stinger is not barbed and the wasp can therefore insert the stinger into the target several times and at different sites. The wasp survives the process. Both insect inject a toxic fluid containing a complex protein.


Can wasp lose stingers in clothing and can stinger continue to sting?

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.


When a wasp has already stung someone does the wasp die or does the wasp live?

A wasp, unlike a worker bee, has a smooth sting, so can withdraw it after stinging. So, the wasp is not injured and lives to sting another day. Yes this is true But if it trys to sting through your clothes it will not get the stinger out and because of that it will die!!! thts a lie a wasps stinger it made out of a strong metal like substance and can sting thro anythin they only die when they can't live any longer