2nd October 2019

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How many stripes are on a bee?

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Question 2: How many stripes/bands of colour does the bumblebee have on its body and where are these bands? Are they on the head, middle area (called the thorax) or on the back area (called the abdomen)? This bee has two yellow stripes – one on its thorax, the other on its abdomen.

Consequently, how many pairs of wings has a bee?

Originally Answered: How many pairs of wings does a bee have? Bees have two pairs of wings. However, they are normally linked together by a sort of velcro-like strip on the front of the rear wing, so that they look and act like a single pair of wings.

Do bees have two sets of wings?

The honey bee also has three pairs of segmented legs (six legs) which are attached to the thorax; they have pollen baskets on their hind legs. Honey bees have two sets of wings (four wings) that are attached to the thorax; the fore wings are much larger than the hind wings.

What is a bee's wing made of?

Together, bees, wasps and ants make up the insect order Hymenoptera, which means "membranous wings." A bee's body has a lot in common with the bodies of other insects. Much of it is covered in an exoskeleton made from small, movable plates of chitin.

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Do bees die when they sting you?

When a honey bee stings a person, it cannot pull the barbed stinger back out. It leaves behind not only the stinger, but also part of its abdomen and digestive tract, plus muscles and nerves. This massive abdominal rupture kills the honey bee. Honey bees are the only bees to die after stinging.

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Do the big black bumble bees sting?

Queen and worker bumblebees can sting. Unlike in honeybees, a bumblebee's sting lacks barbs, so the bee can sting repeatedly without injuring itself; by the same token, the sting is not left in the wound. Bumblebee species are not normally aggressive, but may sting in defence of their nest, or if harmed.

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Do bumble bees die when they sting you?

A bee sting occurs when a female bee or wasp lands on your skin and uses her ovipositor against you. The same is true for wasps. So most bees and wasps can sting you, pull the stinger out of your skin, and fly off before you can yell "Ouch!" Solitary bees, bumblebees, and wasps do not die when they sting you.

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Are honey bees aggressive?

Many aspects of a honey bee colony are cyclic in nature, and aggression is no exception. Honey bees have the ability to be aggressive at any time, but certain things set them off. In the late summer and early fall, more of these conditions exist.

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Can carpenter bees sting you?

The male bee is unable to sting. It is the male carpenter bee, which is most often noticed. They hover in the vicinity of the nest and will dart after any other flying insect that ventures into their territory. A common behavior of the males is to approach people if they move quickly or wave a hand in the air.

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Do bumble bees have a hive?

Bumble bees are social insects which live in nests or colonies. Typically, only inseminated queens overwinter and do so underground. During the spring, bumble bee queens select a suitable subterranean cavity or surface grass clump as a nesting site and lays eggs.

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What is the name of the big black bee?

A bumble bee has a proboscis, which is a long tongue-like feature, which is for gathering nectar and pollen.

Fury Bumble Bee with Black and Yellow Stripes. The carpenter bee is not as soft/fuzzy as the bumble as it has only a small portion of hair on its middle abdomen.
Black and shiny Carpenter Bee.
Pollinating Honey Bee.

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Do all bumble bees make honey?

Honeybees put up a lot of honey to prepare for the winter. Bumblebees, by contrast, only make a small colony of maybe 100 bees and do not make a big comb filled with honey. They do not cluster like honeybees so the queen is generally the only one to survive the winter trials.

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Why does a bee sting you?

Honey bees that are out and about searching for nectar or pollen away from the hive usually won't sting anyone. Queen bees also have stingers, but they rarely leave the hive to use them. When a bee stings you, its sharp, barbed stinger pierces the skin to inject venom called apitoxin.

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Do all kinds of bees make honey?

Honey bees represent only a small fraction of the roughly 20,000 known species of bees. Some other types of related bees produce and store honey and have been kept by humans for that purpose, including the stingless honey bees, but only members of the genus Apis are true honey bees.

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How long does the queen bumble bee live for?

Queen Honey Bees: All being well, a honey bee queen could live for 3 to 4 years, as long as she is free from disease. This is much longer than bumblebee queens or the solitary bee species. However, a queen that produces few eggs may not be favoured by the colony.

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Are bumble bee friendly?

Bumble Bees - The Friendly Bee. They live mostly alone and don't swarm so don't be afraid of the friendly furry bee although they might sting if they feel threatened. They do not lose their sting when they do use it. Only queens and workers have stings.

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How do you get rid of carpenter bees?

Method 2 Preventing Carpenter Bees

Stuff their hole with steel-wool.
Stain or paint any outdoor wooden surfaces to discourage bee infestation.
Spray affected areas with a natural non-synthetic citrus and/or tea tree oil spray.
Stop the cycle of reproduction.
Seal off burrows or galleries that have been vacated.

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Do the big bees sting?

Bumble Bees. Bumblebees are considered to be beneficial insects because they pollinate crops and plants. They are very social bees and live in large "families". Unlike honeybees, bumblebees can sting more than once because their stingers are smooth and do not get caught in the skin when they fly away.

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Do the large black bees sting?

Male bees often are seen hovering near nests, and will approach nearby animals. However, males are harmless, since they do not have a stinger. Female carpenter bees are capable of stinging, but they are docile and rarely sting unless caught in the hand or otherwise directly provoked.

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How long do bees and wasps live?

In social wasps, workers (sterile females) have an average lifespan of 12-22 days, drones (fertile males) have a slightly longer lifespan than workers, and queens (fertile females) have an average lifespan of 12 months.

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Do bumble bee sting hurt?

Honeybee stings have the potential to hurt a lot more than Bumblebee stings and they can be more dangerous, too. Here's why Honeybees sacrifice themselves when they sting by losing their stingers. A Honeybee's sting is double-shafted and barbed.

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Is Bumble Bee endangered species?

A Bumble Bee Species Is Now Officially Endangered in the U.S. The rusty patched bumble bee gained federal protection Tuesday after the Trump administration removed its hold on listing the species as endangered.

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What is the bee that doesn't sting?

From endearing honeybees and bumblebees to frightening wasps and hornets and everywhere in between, wide variations of stinging abilities exist. Even within members of the species, only certain bees are able to sting, while others have no stingers at all.

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