Are bees aware about the consequences of using their stinger on a large target? Consequently, are they aware that stinging smaller animals won’t cause them to die?

Question

Do they instinctively “know” they will die by stinging a human?

In: Biology

Answer 1

If a bee stings you and you don’t swatt it away it will try to pull it’s stinger out without ripping it’s butt off there’s a youtube video of a beekeeper showing this