Why do bees sting even though they would die after?
In: Biology
Idk, but I did bee keeping commercially for a while, and virtually every bee that stung me ripped out its stinger attached to their stomach. You can then see their pouch still pulsating up to 8 minutes slowly letting out venom until you pull the stinger out. The venom they let out also contains a pheromone that has a sweet aroma and alerts the bees to target you as a threat. Very rarely did I ever get stung by a bee and not see this happen every time. So on one hand, I wanna say perhaps they do know they will die, or maybe they don’t. Either way, they will protect their queen and die for her. So in a way, maybe they do know? The most I’ve been stung in one sitting was 21 times. I don’t recommend.
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