And yes, these bees die after they sting you. But why? We could say they die for queen and colony, but the actual reason these bees die after stinging is because of their barbed stingers.

Bee stings are a response to predation by mammals -- bee venom ... that affect colony-level stinging behavior and individual body size of honey bees. An F1 queen was produced from a cross between two ...

When a honeybee stings another insect ... Nurtured with food bearing a slightly higher sugar content, queen bees are slightly larger than worker bees. Being the Queen During the mating flight ...

Queen bees are the only females that reproduce ... the Middle East and Africa. Yes, honey bees can sting but it comes at a high cost. When a honey bee stings a human or animal, its barbed stinger ...

Ahead of Queen’s opening, we chatted with Laube, who talked about what the arts and science have in common, what she learned about bees and more. This conversation has been edited for length.

The bees became aggressive ... safety of the hive or the hive's queen, NPS said. "Many victims of Africanized honeybee attacks have suffered from hundreds of stings, and a few have been stung ...