I asked my mother and she didnt know so turned to u guys!
2006-09-08 07:56:30 · 20 answers · asked by hllywoodx06 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
its because when they sting you they are basically launhing their butt into you. they are ripping themselves in half to sting you. you cant live without a part of your body missing.
2006-09-08 07:58:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sting is found in a chamber at the end of the abdomen The shaft is a hollow tube, like a hypodermic needle. The tip is barbed, like a porcupine quill so that it sticks in the skin of the victim and is very hard to remove.
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.
2006-09-08 15:11:57 · answer #2 · answered by Diva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stinger is a part of the bee's body. Most bees have barbs on their stinger. When the bee stings you, the stinger remains in you and the bee has to literally tear itself free from the stinger.
Think of kicking someone so hard that your leg gets stuck inside them. What would happen if you tore your leg off to get away? Same thing.
Queen bees do not have barbs on their stingers and can sting repeatedly!
2006-09-08 15:01:44 · answer #3 · answered by ssbn598 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The stinger of honeybees is a modified ovipositor (egg laying device) that is barbed and lodges in the flesh of the victim upon use and tears free from the honeybee's body, leading to its death in minutes. The stinger has it's own ganglion (essentially a mini-brain) and will continue to saw into the target's flesh and release venom for several minutes. Only worker honeybees can leave a stinger...Queen bees can sting repeatedly, and drones can't sting at all!
2006-09-09 02:07:30 · answer #4 · answered by swilliamrex 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they lose a section of their abdomen with the sting which they can't live without. By the way, only honeybees die after stinging.
2006-09-08 15:00:35 · answer #5 · answered by Dominic 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bees have barbed stingers. They stay embedded in your skin after they sting. When it pulls away it pulls some of it's guts out with the stinger. That's why they die.
2006-09-08 14:59:07 · answer #6 · answered by brookings88 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. I thought the sting was their defense mechanism...... but if they die after they sting ya because of what everyone else is saying in their answers, then it would make one wonder, what is the point? LOL
Protecting themselves this way allows for them to be no better off than if they hadn't stung you and you did something to them!
2006-09-08 15:04:28 · answer #7 · answered by IAskUAnswer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats just honey bees. Their stinger and lower part of their body stays in. Other bees insert pain then pull out and go about their business
2006-09-08 15:57:17 · answer #8 · answered by blank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stinger is barbed and remains in the victim,in effect tearing the back end out of the bee.
2006-09-08 14:58:43 · answer #9 · answered by racquel 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The reason why they die is because their sting is attached to their abdomen. When they insert their "weapon" into someone's flesh, part of their abdomen, without which they cannot survive, will remain behind
2006-09-08 14:58:30 · answer #10 · answered by Baby Jack born 4/5/09 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋