If you squish a bee will the rest of the hive come after you?

Answer 1

i don't know but if you smash a wasp, it gives off a scent so other wasps can find out where the dead wasp is and attack you.
if a wasp stings you, it gives off a scent too and other wasps will come and join the attacking party


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Bee venom contains a pheromone (chemical messenger) called the 'attack pheromone'. The purpose of this is to attract other bees ready to sting and help repel the threat to the colony.

If you squash a bee you will probably rupture the venom sac and release venom, with its pheromone. This may well attract the attention of a few bees, but not the whole hive because a bee's venom glands are not fully developed until it is about 17 or 18 days old, so younger bees would not come; and bees more than 21 days old are more likely to be away foraging during good weather, so you would probably only attract the hive's guard bees.