Sunjay Kapur, friend of Prince William and ex-husband of Bollywood star Karisma Kapoor, reportedly died of anaphylactic shock after being stung by a bee during a polo match in Windsor, England.
You are right if it’s a honey bee. There are many other species of bees that do have males with stingers. For example many solitary bees (live alone rather than in a hive) have stingers though aren’t known to sting people unless swallowed like in the OP.
The British isles have over 200 species of solitary bees so it’s very possible the bee hero in question here was a male :)
I just learned about solitary bees a few years ago. For some reason it has never cross my mind until I was researching these unusual blue bees in my garden which turned out to bee Blue Banded Bee which is awesome:
Wow! That’s amazing, I’ve never heard of a blue bee. That’s just really cool. I bet it was confusing when you first saw it. I’ve heard of/seen solitary bees but didn’t think about it. Did a little beekeeping work as a kid.
We’ve got a couple weird ones on the other side of the pond that I’ve been around. (wasps, actually)
thanks for sharing these cool wasps! We have some very interesting ones here in Thailand as well and I’ve seen them dig trenches just tossing sand around half a meter up which just shows how crazy strong they actually are so incredibly don’t doubt those stings sting
You are right if it’s a honey bee. There are many other species of bees that do have males with stingers. For example many solitary bees (live alone rather than in a hive) have stingers though aren’t known to sting people unless swallowed like in the OP.
The British isles have over 200 species of solitary bees so it’s very possible the bee hero in question here was a male :)
Didn’t even think it about it not being a honey a bee. You’re right.
I just learned about solitary bees a few years ago. For some reason it has never cross my mind until I was researching these unusual blue bees in my garden which turned out to bee Blue Banded Bee which is awesome:
https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/blue-banded-bee-flight-karthikphotography/27046849
Wow! That’s amazing, I’ve never heard of a blue bee. That’s just really cool. I bet it was confusing when you first saw it. I’ve heard of/seen solitary bees but didn’t think about it. Did a little beekeeping work as a kid.
We’ve got a couple weird ones on the other side of the pond that I’ve been around. (wasps, actually)
Cow killer/Red velvet ant it’s sting is in the top 10 for most painful. They’re beautiful.
Cicada Killers are huge, 5cm/2in long. I had one fall out of a tree with a cicada right next to me. I thought it was birds fighting.
thanks for sharing these cool wasps! We have some very interesting ones here in Thailand as well and I’ve seen them dig trenches just tossing sand around half a meter up which just shows how crazy strong they actually are so incredibly don’t doubt those stings sting