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Do bees have stingers

Updated: 10/8/2023
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12y ago

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If you are referring to hymenoptera (bees and wasps), of those varieties that sting it is only the females that sting. Males do not have a sting. This is because the sting is a modified ovipositor -- an organ that only females would have.

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Yes, but only the workers (all the females) and the Queen.

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14y ago

Yes, only female wasps have stings. The sting is a modified ovipositor (egg laying tube), an organ that males do not have.

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15y ago

Male Bumblebees do not have stingers but, females do.

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No, only the females have stings. Stings are modified ovipositors: an organ that males do not have.

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Yes, but only females. Small bees may not have the strength to puncture human skin, though. The sting is used to paralyse their prey.

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