The stingers of the Aculeata (wasps, hornets, bees, and ants) are ovipositors, highly modified and with associated venom glands. They are used to paralyze prey, or as defensive weapons. ... However, in virtually all stinging Hymenoptera, the ovipositor is no longer used for egg-laying.

What animals have ovipositor?

Insects that possess ovipositors include many of the solitary wasps, crickets and many species of fly. The species of bees, ants and wasps that sting (remember that not all bees, ants and wasps sting) do so using a modified ovipositor.

Do worker bees have ovipositor?

Worker bees and sterile female wasps have the ovipositor modified to form a stinging organ and poison sac.