• Question: Why do bees die when they sting but wasps dont?

    Asked by M3g4n sm1th to Miranda on 7 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by Lucy2004simmons, Bethany.
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      Miranda Bane answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      When a wasp stings your it injects a poison into your skin with its sharp stinger and then flies off. If can then make more poison so it can sting again.
      When bumblebees sting you they jab their stinger into your skin where it gets stuck. When the bumblebee tries to fly off it rips its own stinger off which kills it. 🙁
      Luckily bumblebees are very friendly and they will only sting you if they feel really threatened because they don’t want to die.

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