do yellow nosed bumble bees sting?

Question

when at school 15years ago, i remember kids catching them pulling thier wings off and letting them crawl on thier hands

Answer 1

oh thats soo cruel, I didn't know bees had noses....cool

Answer 2

No. Most bumble bees are solitary, therefore they are either male or female. The sting is a modified ovipositor (which is why queens and drones in hive bees cannot sting because the queen has an ovipositor and the drone, being male, does not). In solitary bees, the ovipositor is just that and cannot be used in defence, so bumble bees do not sting.

I take you are referring to a yellow TAILED bee!

Answer 3

All bees with one exception can sting, but only once. They die when they sting.

The exception is the queen bee. She doesn't have a sting and is bigger than all the other bees.

Answer 4

blurrgghh i've never been close enough to see if it has a yellow nose or not...usually too busy running round garden wiv arms in the air screaming ''it's a bee it's a bee!!!!!!''

Answer 5

I normally squash them before I get a chance to look at the colour of their noses....

Answer 6

All bees sting and stink.

Answer 7

bumble bees only bite they dont sting

Answer 8

evidently not never heard of a yellow nosed bumblebee but i guess i must be stupid

Answer 9

the yellow nose bee
will sting
contstantly called a coward for that yellow nose he/she
is sooooo angry
watch out
if you see that one!!!! HA :-)

Answer 10

Yes - that will be 2 points ta!