CAN any of your readers inform me why the working honey-bee has such an imperfect weapon of defence as its sting manifestly is? For purposes of self-defence it is apparently worse than useless ...

The queen honeybee has a different and smoother stinger with a much smaller barb than the worker bee, so it is able to sting you multiple times unharmed. This does not happen often though ...

At the same time, the bees continue to bite and sting at the queen. It's a fate every bit as terrifying as it sounds, with Bixler capturing an example of "queen balling" at close quarters in the ...

Tariffs could sting. Posted: April 9, 2025 | Last updated: April 9, 2025 Beekeepers import queen bees from the southern United States to insert them into new hives so honey production starts sooner.