is it true that after a bee stings you it dies?

Answer 1

no, not true but some bees yes.

Answer 2

The simple answer is yes they do.

The sting of the bee is barbed, as opposed to that of the wasp which is smooth. Therefore, when the bee inserts its sting into the skin it sticks, like a hook in a fish mouth. The bee then pulls away or is brushed off the person, and the sting is pulled out of the bees body. With it, the poison gland, and a small group of muscles which surround the gland. These muscles contract, pumping the poison into the skin of the stingee. With its sting ripped away, the bee will die within a short time.

This is why bees will only sting to protect their honey, Queen or hive, as it is an all or nothing response to attack.

Wasps, in contrast, can and will sting many many times, their smooth stings remaining attached to the wasp after the sting.

Answer 3

Although it is widely believed that a worker honeybee can sting only once, this is a misconception: although the stinger is in fact barbed so that it lodges in the victim's skin, tearing loose from the bee's abdomen and leading to her death in minutes, this only happens if the victim is a mammal. The bee's stinger evolved originally for inter-bee combat between members of different hives, and the barbs evolved later as an anti-mammal defense: a barbed stinger can still penetrate the chitinous plates of another bee's exoskeleton and retract safely. Note that, as honeybees are the only Hymenoptera with a barbed stinger, they are the only stinging insects that cannot sting a human repeatedly.

Answer 4

Some people do mistake bee and wasps.

European hornet (warsps) can kill an adult human with a few stings

Advise to Victim:
The stinger should be scraped out with an implement such as a credit card or a knife to avoid squeezing more venom into the body.

Victim must be treated for anaphylactic shock if allergic to bee stings. If the victim is not allergic, reduce pain and swelling with a cold compress.

Answer 5

There are a few types of insects that are like bees. Actual bees die because the stinger rips out of the bees abdomen to help deliver more venom, but a hornet will live to sting you over and over.

Answer 6

When a bee stings you, the stinger actually tears part of the abdomen off from the rest of its body. This severe damage causes the bee to die shortly after the sting has been administered. It is nature's version of a kamikaze pilot from WWII.

Answer 7

Female honey bees (workers) have barbed stingers that rip out of the body when they are used. This allows them to continue to inject venom into the victim, but also ends up killing the worker bee. Queen honey bees have a non-barbed stinger, which can be used multiple times. Male honey bees (drones) have no stinger.

Female bumble bees (both worker and queen) can sting more than once without dying, since their stinger is non-barbed. Male bumble bees (drones) have no stinger.

Answer 8

Yes it is true when a bee stings you its stinger is barbed and it stays in your skin where it pumps a mild poison into your skin. Well that stinger is connected to the bees internal organs and the stinger pulls his internal organs out also which kills the bee.

Answer 9

Yes the sting is ripped out along with a portion of the insects abdomen. This is not the case for wasps and ants which can sting you continually.

Answer 10

Yes, after the bee sting you, the bee leaves its stinger in you and it looses it guts.

Answer 11

Yes-their sting is connected to their belly.If the sting is pulled their belly are pulled to and they explode.