Bumble Bees

Do bumble bees sting?
There was one in the kitchen that I killed because Beau is allergic, but then someone just told me they don't actually sting and now I feel bad.

 

Lol! I would think they sting. Then again I haven't seen a bee in a while (city boy). It's easy to let 'em out the window by guiding them, but don't worry, about 111,345.09328 of them are being born prior to me being able to post these words.

 

I thought they do.

 

they can, well the queen and the worker bumblebee can in self-defense

 

They rarely, rarely sting. I am least afraid of them of all the bees.


They're just big and annoying.

 

or if they had been victims of battered wife syndrome they might get off....

 

huh?

 

They will only sting if you really piss them off. They're docile for the most part.

 

or if they were mentally ill, they would jsut be placed in a home and not do jail time.

 

Jess, are you stoned?

 

I'd guess you'd really have to piss em off. Cause we could never get them to sting us.

 

hmm i had one in my mouth when i was younger. my mom saw me randomly chewing and asked what i had in my mouth. i told her "candy" lol when i spit it out in her hand it was mushed up bumble bee. thank god it didnt sting me

 

This thread reminds me of one time as a kid dozing in the grass in the morning sun, the bumble bees buzzing all around me.


:sunny:

 

^ i'd freak out!

 

Okay as long as they can sting i don't feel bad because Beau would chase after it, provoking it and it was right near his water dish. He went into shock and his gums turned white the last time he got stung. He was at the bottom of the yard when I noticed him layign there and I had to carry him all through the backyard up the steps through the house, into the car and then into the vets. I honked through red lights and if I made it 5 minutes laster the vet said Beau would not have made it.
Jess you are so blazed. I am jealous