Why do bees die after they sting people?

Answer 1

If it is a good sting, the venom sac will remain with the stinger. If the bee keeps the stinger, he will live.

While some bee species, like the honey bee can only sting once before dying; some bees species, like the bumblebee, can sting multiple times and still live. this is because the honey bee stinger is barbed and tears off whie stinging, while the bumblebee has a smooth stinger that does not tear off while stinging.

Answer 2

Honey bees sting only as a last resort to protect against what they perceive to be a threat to the colony, and yes, stinging is the honeybees death sentence. But wasps and hornets can sting as many times as they want.

Answer 3

It depends. A worker bee's stinger is barbed so once it has penetrated the skin the bee is often unable to pull it out. As the bee pulls away it pulls the stinger and venom sac and the associated structures out of the bee's body. The bee then dies from its injuries.

On the other hand, if she can get away with her sting intact, she will survive.

Answer 4

The stinger of a bee has barbs and these enter a person's skin when they are stung. When the bee tries to move away after stinging, the barbs hold tight into the person's skin and as the bee pulls away the sting is remains in the person's skin and is pulled completely out of the bee's body. Attached to the sting are some of the bee's internal organs and these also pull out as the bee tries to fly away and so it dies soon afterwards.
Only female bees die when stung. The reason bees die and not wasps or hornets is the bees have a barbed stinger and when it tears away from the mammal it stung it tears it's abdomen leaving it to die in minutes bee can sting other objects but it only works on mammals because of our thick skin's would take more effort to tear away, thus tearing the abdomen, and they die.

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Bees die when they sting us because their stinger is attached to an internal organ, so when the bee stings the internal organ comes out, which kills the bee instantly.

Answer 5

A honey bee will die after it stings a person because human skin is too strong and the bee can't pull its stinger out. As a result, when it tries, it pulls its insides out instead. The damage is so great that it dies.

This does not happen when the same sort of bee stings many other kinds of animals.

Answer 6

Honey bee workers, unlike wasps and bumble bees, have a barbed sting so after they push it into the victim they can't pull it back out. When the bee pulls away the sting, venom sac and venom pump pull out of the bee's body. The bee dies from its injuries.

Answer 7

Bees die when they sting you because when they sting you their stingers get caught in your skin. When they fly away, their guts are ripped out (yes its disgusting) because half of them is stuck in your skin.

Answer 8

Bees die when they sting because their stinger gets stuck inside something and the stinger brakes.The bees can't live without their stinger.

Answer 9

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