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A simple test to discriminate between honey bees (Apis mellifera) and other similar looking species is to let them sting. If the stinger with venom bladder and some other tissue (muscle and nerve) is left behind by the bee in your skin and needs to be pulled out it was a honey bee worker, if no stinger is left behind it wasn't a honey bee that stung you. Many of the solitary bees are not capable of penetrating the human skin, no harm done. Bumble bees can and will, and it hurts a lot.
This method works, trust me, and as a side effect you will learn quickly to recognize honey bees by looking at them (I think that's referred to as learning reinforced by punishment)
Ulli
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A simple test to discriminate between honey bees (Apis mellifera) and other similar looking species is to let them sting. If the stinger with venom bladder and some other tissue (muscle and nerve) is left behind by the bee in your skin and needs to be pulled out it was a honey bee worker, if no stinger is left behind it wasn't a honey bee that stung you. Many of the solitary bees are not capable of penetrating the human skin, no harm done. Bumble bees can and will, and it hurts a lot.<br>This method works, trust me, and as a side effect you will learn quickly to recognize honey bees by looking at them (I think that's referred to as learning reinforced by punishment)<br><br>Ulli<br><br><p> 
<hr size=1>Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story.<br> Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.
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