When bees are just flying around, are their stingers out? Or do they only bring their stingers out when they want to?
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No, when a bee's stinger is not out and in use, it is drawn back into their abdomen. The answer is in the first sentence, if you don't feel like reading all of that. The rest explains how it works. "At the end of the abdomen is the sting, which when not in use is completely retracted into the abdomen. The sting is made of an upper stylet and two lower lancets. The stylet has a wide bulb at the upper end and connects with the poison sac. When the bee stings, the entire apparatus works its way into the wound, continually discharging venom. Since muscles associated with the poison sac continue to pump venom as the stinger enters the wound, any delay in removing the sting can allow additional venom into the victim." I got this information from this website:: http://www.main.org/cahbs/anatomy.htm
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