Unmolested wasps, treated with respect, generally do not sting as stinging is purely a defence reaction. Apart from that, the biggest group of stingless wasps are the solitary wasps - hundreds, probably thousands of species.
Chewing tobacco.....but it has to come out of someones mouth. It takes the stinger and venom out. :)
yes! How do I get rid of them???? We have a huge wooden deck with a pool and the stinking wasps are not only annoying, they are aggresive and sting often! We have tried wasp traps (waste of money) - anyone know how to get rid of them or what to treat the deck with to repel them?
Apparently. It's 4:00 am and I am researching info because my husband was just stung twice while he was sleeping in our house! So much for "they sleep at night...only aggresive if their nests are threatened."
i was in the park with my freind and one stung my freind so i went to avenge him............ also known as charging at the wasps nest lobbing sand every half a millisecond wile smacking them with a 5 foot stick like a chainsaw weilding berserker charging for the person that just killed his family right in front of him i reget it i was stung in the face and it was like a lit match was rammed in my face so to treat it put vinegar or an acid on it because a wasp sting is alkalie but at the end of the day if u dont bother wasps they wond massacre u like godzilla on a rampage destoring everything he sees
No, a wasp cannot lose its stinger. However, honeybees do lose their stinger (and life) when they sting a person. And their stinger continues to pump venom into the victim after it has become detached from the bee. The stinger of the wasp is not barbed and can be used again and again, while the honeybee stinger is barbed and remains in victim's skin.
I think the question should have been "Do wasps die after just one sting?" The answer is no, a wasp has a smooth stinger and it can easily be withdrawn and used again.
Yes, but only the females have stings. They are quite docile, though, and are not so aggressive as other bees and some wasps.
Yes. The stinger of a honeybee has barbs on it which is left when the bee stings and tries to pull away. The barbs are connected to the bee's abdomen so once the bee stings and pulls away, the barb is pulled, which pulls the bee's abdomen out as well and then the bee soon dies.
If you meant a 'bee stinger' - then yes. Unlike wasps, the sting of a bee has a tiny barb - when a bee stings something, the barb makes the sting stay put. This means the sting pulls out of the bees body - killing the bee in the process.
Gall wasps do not sting because they do not possess a stinger or venom glands like other wasp species. They instead lay their eggs inside plants, causing the formation of galls or abnormal growths on the plant tissue.
No. Bees have barbed stingers so when you get stung, it sticks in your skin. But wasps do not have barbed stingers, that is why they can sting repeatedly. When the wasps leaves your body, it takes its stinger with.
A worker honey bee's sting is barbed, so after she has thrust it into the victim she cannot pull it back out. When the bee pulls away, the sting remains behind, together with the venom sac and often part of the intestine. The resulting damage is fatal to the bee. A queen bee has a smooth sting so she can withdraw the sting and re-use it. Drones (male bees) don't have a sting.
No the stinger is not left in the skin from Wasps or Hornets. They just sting you and pull it out. Only Honey Bees leave a stinger in you. My family are beekeepers so I have been stung by many bees but since honey bees die when they loose their stinger they don't sting unless they feel threatened.
The queens and workers can but their sting does not have barbs like a the honeybee, so they can sting more than once. Male's cant sting because they don't have a stinger. Males have a genital capsule for mating.
No. Wasps stay alive afer stinging because they don't lose their stinger.
Male wasps tend to be smaller and more slender than females. Additionally, male wasps typically have straighter antennae compared to the more curved antennae of females. In some species, male wasps have longer abdomens and lack a stinger.