I read on this forum by some very experienced beeks that queen bees don?t sting beeks. This is nonsense, I have been stung many times and it hurts. The video shows a close up of a queen stinging.
The queen bee has a huge venom sac that I clearly see during artificial insemination, must carefully negotiate, and I have personally been the unfortunate receiver of this most unpleasant venom.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kqaXGnrtigcThere is a difference of stingers of queen bees as the queen stinger is not sleeved with bards, rather a smooth pointed single hollow shaft that penetrates the skin so easily. The worker bee has the same smooth hollow shaft that is sleeved on both sides of the shaft with oscillating bards that dig deeper into the skin as the muscles on the sting apparatus do their work.
So a queen stinger is retractable and capable of many stings whereas a worker. Er uh, you know all to well.
Spring is coming, although there is 12 inches of snow at the present time.🥶