Tetragonula carbonaria are stingless, they use their mandibles to nip inside your ears, face, eyes, nose. Had a few bite me in the left outter ear canal and in the nostril, no choice but to squish them out with the finger.
Honeybees, any joint sting will cain, had one sting me in the left ankle and it was painful for 5 weeks and itchy. Apart from that other stings are less.
But nothing like softer parts such as the eye/nose. Heard one 30year guy say he welcomes the honeybee stings on his hands for athritis.
Depends if you get used to the typical sting symtoms, overcoming the athritic pain for other pain.
Which finger do the bees usually go for... Thumb?
Some honeybee strains must have more powerful venon, but haven't read anything about this subject. Between the italians, germans, etc and their hybrids.