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Can you describe a bee stinger?
A bee stinger is a sharp, needle-like structure located at the end of a bee's abdomen. It is used to inject venom into the skin of its target. When a bee stings, the stinger detaches from the bee's body, causing the bee to die shortly after.
Do yellow jackets lose their stinger after they sting?
A worker honey bee's sting is barbed, so after she has thrust it into the victim she cannot pull it back out. When the bee pulls away, the sting remains behind, together with the venom sac and often part of the intestine. The resulting damage is fatal to the bee. A queen bee has a smooth sting so she can withdraw the sting and re-use it. Drones (male bees) don't have a sting.
How do bees sting?
Bees sting by injecting venom using their stinger, which is a modified ovipositor. When a bee is threatened or senses danger, it will thrust its stinger into the target and release venom, causing pain and possible allergic reactions in some individuals. Unfortunately, a bee's stinger is barbed, meaning it gets stuck in the victim, causing the bee to die after stinging.
What happens to the stinger of a bumble bee after it stings you?
A bees stinger has a hook on the end, like a fish hook, so when the bee tries to get away after stinging someone it actually pulls the stinger and venom gland out of its body, mortally wounding the bee. A person should scrape the stinger out rather than trying to pinch it and pull it out, which pushes more venom in. The amount of reaction one has from a sting is entirely up to that persons body. It can range from a mild sting and itch to a full blown allergic reaction that closes the persons throat and can cause death.
What does a bee sting contain?
A bee sting contains venom that is injected into the skin through a stinger. The venom causes pain, redness, swelling, and sometimes allergic reactions in some individuals.
What are the procedures that you do if you get a bee sting?
Get the stinger out
What does a bee sting with?
The stinger on his butt
Can be stinger stay in you when they sting you?
If you meant a 'bee stinger' - then yes. Unlike wasps, the sting of a bee has a tiny barb - when a bee stings something, the barb makes the sting stay put. This means the sting pulls out of the bees body - killing the bee in the process.
Where does the bee have a sting?
The stinger is on the back end of the bee, wasp, or hornet.
How many tines can a bee sting you?
once. the sting the bee gives causes the stinger to release into the person and tear from the bee itself. The bee thus soon reportedly dies as a result of the removal of its stinger.
Why can't drone bee sting?
because they dont have a stinger.
What is a bee sting?
A bee sting is a hypodermic puncture from a bee, resulting in the introduction of venom to the human body, often through the penetration and lodging of a stinger.
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.
Can you describe a bee stinger?
A bee stinger is a sharp, needle-like structure located at the end of a bee's abdomen. It is used to inject venom into the skin of its target. When a bee stings, the stinger detaches from the bee's body, causing the bee to die shortly after.
Do yellow jackets lose their stinger after they sting?
A worker honey bee's sting is barbed, so after she has thrust it into the victim she cannot pull it back out. When the bee pulls away, the sting remains behind, together with the venom sac and often part of the intestine. The resulting damage is fatal to the bee. A queen bee has a smooth sting so she can withdraw the sting and re-use it. Drones (male bees) don't have a sting.
How does a bumble bee release the stinger?
A honey bee worker is the only bee that has a barbed sting which gets stuck, all other bees have a smooth sting which can easily be withdrawn.
Can a honey bee sting multiple times?
No, a honey bee can only sting once because its stinger is barbed and gets stuck in the skin, causing the bee to die after stinging.
