Can bumble bees sting you?
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Of course they can. I once bought a round of beer at a local bar, where I was served by a bee who was working part time as a barmaid. The bee overcharged me by £5. I don't even think it was a girl bee, but it was difficult to tell as the bar was quite dark. That was the last time I was stung by a bee in a bar though, as if I see a bee behind the bar in a pub, I just leave without buying a drink. Just remember, bees are untrustworthy bar stewards.
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It definitely sounds as though it is probably a beetle of some kind.\n\nThe hard, shiny black/blue/green mixture and the hard body and its toughness all point to the probability of a beetle, as does the resemblance to a lightning bug (which is actually a type of beetle).\n\nUnfortunately, identification beyond 'beetle' is difficult from this information.  The beetles are the largest group of insects in the world, with as many as a million different species in the group.\n\nThe good news is that there are no beetles that are venomous or dangerous to man beyond a little nip or bite.  The beetles have rather generalized chewing mouthparts, and there are no bloodsucking or poison injecting members of the group.\n\nIf the bite you have sustained is from this insect, it is unlikely to be serious.  The biggest danger would be from infection, which could occur if you scratch the wound and bacteria from your fingers enter the cut.  It is possible that this is what has occurred in your situation, since the symptoms you describe fit such an infection.  If the swelling, itchiness or redness increase, I would definitely see a doctor.\n\nEven if it wasn't your unidentifiable beetle that caused the wound, infection of the wound is still your greatest danger.  Any toxic effects from a poisonous critter would have been felt already.
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Bee= Male (the stinger)\n"gets friendly" with\nBird= Female
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Have you made sure the stinger is no longer in your skin.Make sure you have completely removed it.I found placing ice to the area helped the swelling and use anti-bacterial ointment to help aid the healing.It will begin to itch so be careful not to scratch it.Use calamine lotion to stop this.Good luck I lnow it had to hurt I've been stung before.
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Miner and Carpenter.\n\nMiner - Miner bees are one of many familiar black and yellow summertime solitary bees often mistaken for bumble bees. They do not collect honey nor do they sting.  Miner bee populations can be enhanced by providing dried mud blocks for nesting.\nhttp://www.moraybeekeepers.co.uk/solitary_bees.htm\n\nCarpenter - Carpenter bees get their common name from their habit of boring into wood to make galleries for the rearing of their young.♥\nhttp://www.killfireants.com/carpenter-bees.htm\n\n(>>Have a look, bee can be a doctor too:<<)\nhttp://www.londonstimes.us/toons/cartoons/display.html?image=fall_BEEDOCTOR.jpg
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The more you convince yourself it's going to hurt, the more pain you're going to feel. Just try to sit back, relax and tell yourself it's going to be over very quickly. You can also take a couple of ice packs with you. You can place the packs on the injection sites which will help take away the sting.\n\nBy the way, it's not actually the shot itself that hurts, it's the vaccine. They tend to sting a little but if you've ever been stung by a bee before, it's not nearly as bad!\n\nTake a deep breath and imagine the shot is a tickling flower! The way you approach this will determine how much it actually hurts!\n\nGood luck!
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All wasps can sting. It just depends how much they're annoyed.
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queens  seldome sting  once  theyre  established.....if a hivegenerates a new queen  and the hive starts to split....the active queen  will sting the new arrivival  .to get rid  of  her.....queen bee's  in a funny  way  set  the  revelations of  science  in  gear.....the  european  system  for  centuries   regarded the  queen  as  a  king....had to  be  a  king..look at all the  servants..matched  in  verbalization..the  attitude prevelent at the time...when it was proven  the kings  were  queens it  was a  heavy  blow to  male  intellectuals.\nbees sting  because  they  got  the  equipement  for  it....and its usually  only  a  threatning  cituation.....some  hives  seldome  sting...some are  veryhostile......a virgin  queens eggs  can produce  drones  and or  workers...once  shes  mated  she can produce a  hardy  worker stronger type   drones  and  eggs that  can be developed  to  queen cells
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The question is too simple.  There are many species of wasp and many species of bee.  They vary considerably in terms of aggression.\n\nSolitary bees (who do NOT die when they sting) are difficult to provoke.  Hive bees are more easily provoked because they don't care about their individual lives, only the hive matters.  Even among bees, aggression varies considerably.  The domesticated honey bee is extremely non-aggressive, while the African "killer" bee is just the opposite.\n\nWasps vary considerably.  I've had my face a few inches from a paper wasp nest without getting more than a few defensive stances from it's inhabitants.  (I don't recommend doing this, by the way.  I'm just personally stupid.  :-)  On another occasion, I moved a metal brace we had left outdoors to find, when I pulled my hands away, I had picked up a handful of wintering wasps!  They didn't sting.  I threw them out of my hand and they flew in another direction rather than attack me.  I used to have a picture of a paper wasp nest under a picnic table bench right next to the leg of an unaware picnicer who was swinging his leg back and forth.  Despite the emanent danger, the wasps were not provoked.  Right now we have a paper wasp next next to our front door.  Every member of my family passes within a foot or two of the nest several times a day.  The wasps have shown no sign of aggression.\n\nMud Daubers are also difficult to provoke.\n\nLuckily, Mud Daubers and Paper Wasps these are the most common wasps in Florida!  This keeps my outdoor romps safe.  Relatively.\n\nBut that doesn't mean all wasps are hard to provoke.  I have only been stung once by a wasp, and the nearest I passed to his nest was about seven feet!  I never did figure out what species that was, but he was plenty aggressive!\n\nYellowjackets and hornets all have reputations for being very aggressive.  I have no reason to doubt this.\n\nIt's worth noting that if you spend any time outdoors, you are surrounded by wasps all the time.  Most wasps are small and easily mistaken for flies.  If wasps, as a whole, we're really aggressive, humanity would never have survived.  Many wasps cannot even sting (such as the very scary looking, but harmless, Ichneumon wasp).
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allergies can strike at any time in life.  as long as you've eaten eggs and avacados in the past, you can be allergic to them.  your immune system sets up a response to the thing you're allergic to and reacts to it just as it would if you'd taken a dose of poison.  sounds crazy, but true!  I almost died from one bee sting.  it was the second sting I'd ever had in my life.  but my immune system set up a deadly defense against the venom after the first sting, and years later when I was stung for the second time, it was almost fatal.\nif you really have concern that you're allergic to these two things, I would see an allergist and get tested before eating them again.  I'm not trying to scare you, but if you're allergic, and you eat eat them again, the reaction could be worse than ever.\neggs are one of the most common foods that people are allergic to, and one of the most dangerous to eat if you are allergic to them.  so get things checked out before you eat them again just to be safe okay?  remember, better safe than sorry.
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I think it's possible, but only if the person was covered with the appropriate scent markers.  Otherwise the bees would get quite annoyed.
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I learned from my step-daughters boyfriend that if you put mustard on immediately after a sweat bee stings you that it will draw out the poison and you won't even get a bump or rash.\nI seen it happen yesterday.
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My daughter is exactly the same but she has been like right from the first time she was stung. The only way we know she's been stung is when we find bee stings stuck in her skin.\nShe & you are very lucky but don't get complacent because if you get stung too many times at once you could go into anaphylactic shock.
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Maybe, maybe not. There are alot of insects (ugh) that are crawling or flying around that could leave the same marks.  However, if it even looks like it is starting to rot (for lack of a better word), PLEASE don't delay.  Get to the ER ASAP!!!!!!!I have heard that brown recluse spider bites aren't really noticed as you usually do not know that you have been bitten.  Do a web search on brown recluse spider bites.  I ran across a site one time - wish I could remember the URL.  It had pages and pages of Pictures of people that had been bitten by a brown recluse. They rate each and every one of them.  The ratings are from a 1-5. Of course 5 being the grossest things you will ever want to see.  You can also send your picture of the place where you have been bitten and they will be able to tell if it was indeed a brown recluse.  Good Luck.....
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It depends on the flower but they can attract moths, bees, beetles and bats. The reason for the scent is to attract the pollinator and the nectar is a reward for pollinating the flowers. Bee flowers are usually blue or yellow.
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If you look at the upper surface of the abdomen of a carpenter bee, you will see that it is hairless, black and shiny, while a bumble bee will hairy or at least have some yellow markings.\n\nBumble bees usually nest in the ground while carpenter bees tunnel into wood to make their nests.  Carpenter bees prefer bare, unpainted or weathered softwoods, especially redwood, cedar, cypress or pine.\n\nAfter mating in the spring, the female will lay their eggs in a series of small cells, each egg wrapped in a leaf with a ball of pollen for food.  The tunnels in the wood are perfectly round and about the diameter of your finger.\n\nOver the years, they can do considerable damage to wooden structures.\n\nKeeping wood painted and well maintained is probably the best way to keep carpenter bees at bay.\n\nFemale carpenter bees are not terribly aggressive, and will only sting if extremely provoked.  Male carpenter bees can be quite aggressive, flying into people's faces and even hovering directly in front of them, but fortunately they are completely harmless and have no stinger.
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Honey bees generally only sting to protect their hives. The bees that are capable of stinging are the female worker bees. Bee stingers are barbed and, after being thrust into the skin, are left in the skin but are pulled out of the abdomen of the bee. Poison sacs are attacked to the stinger and pump poison into the wound. Some people are very allergic to the poison and must be taken to the hospital. Others can get by with applying ice packs, calamine lotion, or taking antihistimines. The bee dies after losing its stinger, but you probably won't! \n\nThe widest part of this stinger is about 40 micrometers.