How does a bee sting?
A bee has a poison gland in her abdomen. When she stings another insect (like a wasp), she can pull the stinger out of the wasps body and get away. So if a bee is fighting another insect, she can sting many times. But if a bee stings a person or a large animal (frog, raccoon, etc.) the stinger sticks in the animals tough skin and keeps pumping poison. The bee flies away, but she gets torn in half and dies. Bees only sting if they think they or their hive are in danger. If one bee is buzzing around you, she may smell perfume, soap, or hair spray and think the smell is nectar (food). She will check you out to see if she can find the nectar, but if you stand very still, she will realize there is no nectar and go away. What are some dangers to bees? Right now, almost all of honey bees live on honey farms called apiaries (ape- ee- air- ees). There arent many wild bee hives left because a tiny pest, called a Varroa Mite, is killing them. Some bee farmers can use special chemicals to stop the
