When a honeybee stings, it dies a gruesome death. ... As the honeybee tries to pull out the stinger, it ruptures its lower abdomen, leaving the stinger embedded, pulling out instead a string of digestive material, muscles, glands and a venom sac.

Do bumble bees die when they sting?

No. The sting of a bumblebee is not barbed like a honeybee's, so bumblebees can use their sting more than once.

Can a bee survive after stinging?

The short answer is: No, of the bees capable of stinging, only honey bees die after stinging, due to the sting becoming lodged into human skin, thus injuring the bee as it tries to fly away. Other species, such as bumble bees, can sting repeatedly without dying. ... Male bees across species, cannot sting.