2006-06-12 22:25:30 · 13 answers · asked by stoney 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Most often, the stinger will stay in your skin due to a small "hook" at its end. Sometimes the stinger does not stick and a bee can sting again.
2006-06-12 22:28:30 · answer #1 · answered by nesheekah 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're talking about a bee, not a horner or a yellow jacket, right? Well, bees, when they sting, automatically die, because when the stinger sticks into the flesh of an animal, it rips off, killing the bee. Good news for you. Bad news if you're bothering some africonized honey bees, or, when crossed with european bees to reduce their nasty reputation but still keep their large amounts of honey, they are known as killer bees. There nests plague the southern united states, and can kill a person. Their poison (yes, bees use poison, but not enough to kill something with a single sting, just enough to make it hurt) is not particularly strong, but they attack in mass numbers and can kill people in only a couple of minues. Don't jump in the water-it doesn't help. Instead, use smoke. It can drive them away. But, if it's a hornet or wasp or yellow jacket, which, thankfully, have very small nests, can keep stinging. They will not die when they sting, because the stinger is locked firmly in place. Kind of odd, right? The bees that die when they sting are more deadly than the hornets that can sting you hundreds of times.
2006-06-19 07:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by picsnap 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only once. The sting stays inside and when the bee takes off it drags its insides out. Not nice at all. That's why you have less chance of being stung by a bee than by a wasp, as a wasp can sting again and again without causing damage to itself.
2006-06-12 22:52:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anaconda 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It also depends on what kind of bee. Bumble bees and honey bees can only sting once because their stingers stay in your skin. Killer bees from Africa and Central and South America can sting numerous times.
2006-06-13 16:36:50 · answer #4 · answered by IveGotTheAnswer! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nesheekah is correct that usually the stinger will stay in your skin. When this happens, the bee dies.
Therefore, USUALLY, a bee can only sting you once.
2006-06-12 22:30:03 · answer #5 · answered by Victoria 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My best guess is once. They have one stinger, and every time I have been stung, the stinger came off, into my skin, and I did not get stung again.
Now a colony of bees, can sting you to death. Africanized Honey Bees will seek you out, and try to sting you to death, if you wear certain colors, or make certain noises.
2006-06-12 22:32:40 · answer #6 · answered by Old Soldier 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only once then, the stingers pops out and is left in ur skin and the bee falls to the ground and dies, kinda sucks for the bees dont it?
2006-06-13 06:55:39 · answer #7 · answered by Jeorge C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Once. But a small sac of venom is conneced to the stinger and it tears away from the bee but keeps on pumping even if the bee is gone. You need to scrape it off, cause if you pluck it, you'll squeeze the sac, thus injecting yourself with all the venom.
2006-06-12 22:43:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
k....worker bees or queen bees.... or shall i say, the smaller or bigger ones? queen bees sting u multiple times, their stings won't come off... while for worker bees, their stings are embedded with their flesh... if it stings u, their stings come off... without part of their "flesh", they will die...
2006-06-13 06:14:35 · answer #9 · answered by polarbear 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, only once.
But hornets, wasps, and yellowjackets can sting you as many times as they want, so watch out!
2006-06-13 08:14:57 · answer #10 · answered by drifter855 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋