Talk:Wasp/@comment-46843237-20201013054953/@comment-84.17.51.145-20201210221306

only honeybees do that - wasps, bumblebees (and most bees in general, really) can sting without dying. this means their venom doesn't have as much time to work (honeybees die after stinging because their stinger is embedded in the skin of whatever they stung, so the venom is continually pumped in at the cost of the bee's life), but it does make defending the hive a bit easier c: