Question

In which bee barbless sting is found?
A. Drone
B. Worker
C. Queen bee
D. All of the above

Answer 1

Hint: The barbed sting bee can often sting other insects without injuring itself. Bees of many other species, including bumblebees and many solitary bees, have delicate stings with smaller spines and can sting mammals many times over.

Complete answer:
Let’s first study about each option one by one.
Worker bees-Worker bees are small in size, but they make up the majority of beehives. They are made from fertilized eggs laid by the queen. It takes 20 days from egg to maturity and the life expectancy is around 6 weeks. All the time in their life is devoted to taking care of the nest and its members. The workers are involved in the construction of beehives, cleaning the cells of the beehive, collecting nectar, pollen and water and storing them properly in the cage.
Drones-Drones are male members of the bee family and are genetically haploid. It takes 24 days for the drone to develop from egg to adult. They do not have food-gathering organs (pollen and nectar). So drones are entirely dependent on female workers for food. They feed on the honey provided by worker bees in the spring and summer and are driven out of the hive in the fall. The main function of the mother is fertilization. They also help maintain nest heat, which the eggs need to hatch.
In principle, there is an adult queen in every beehive. The Queen bee-parent size is almost 2.5 times longer than the worker bee. If it is characterized by a long, shrunken belly, proportional body, short golden wings and legs. They are 2.8 times heavier than worker bees. Depending on the type of food given to the newly developed larvae by lactation workers, the eggs can develop into queen or worker cells. Drones or males are made by lying unfertilized (that is, parthenogenetic) eggs. The queen lays eggs in cages prepared by worker bees.
The queen bee has a lifeless sting so she can sting and not die, but for some reason she is very reluctant to do so. All worker bees are sterile women. Their stings are prickly (barbed) and persist in wounds after being stung by bees. It is fatal to the bee, stings only once, after which it dies a very painful death.
So, the correct answer is “Option C”.

Note:
It is generally believed that worker bees can only sting bees once. This is a partial misconception although the sting is actually barbed, it sticks to the victim's skin, tearing apart the bee's stomach and causing its death. For several minutes, this only occurs if the victim's skin is thick enough, like that of a mammal. Honeybees are the only Hymenoptera with strong barbed wire, although yellow jackets and some other wasps have small spines.