Why do bumble bees die after they’ve stung you?

6 Responses to Why do bumble bees die after they’ve stung you?

1. centretek666 | June 14, 2012 at 12:35 pm | Reply

   Because their stings have barbs on the and they can’t pull them out. When they try to fly away their guts get pulled out.

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2. BRIAN K | June 14, 2012 at 1:35 pm | Reply

   Part of their body detaches to keep injecting poison through the stinger.

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3. 'Stina | June 14, 2012 at 2:35 pm | Reply

   A bee’s stinger is made of two shafts, lined with barbs like fishhooks. When a bee stings, it can’t pull the barbed stinger back out. It leaves behind not only the stinger, but also part of its digestive tract, plus muscles and nerves. This massive abdominal rupture is what kills the bee.

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4. lasuremartin | June 14, 2012 at 3:35 pm | Reply

   bumble bees don’t do that, but honey bees do. everyone is describing honey bees, they are the only ones that have barbed stingers, a bumble bee can sting you over and over.

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5. lollipopCRAVE | June 14, 2012 at 4:35 pm | Reply

   yup cos their stings are connected to their other parts . so after injecting their sting, they will die cos of losing their other parts

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6. ultramyk | June 14, 2012 at 5:35 pm | Reply

   when they’ve stung you, their sting is usually left behind, tearing from their bodies

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