Do Sweat Bees Sting?
I have been wondering if I was stung by a regular bee or a sweat bee while working in my flower bed last weekend. I didn’t think sweat bees would sting but I am wondering because I felt a stinging sensation inside my glove and when I pulled the glove off, a sweat bee fell to the dirt. My hand never did swell, thank goodness.
I did some research on sweat bees and found that sweat bees are black, brown, red, or metallic green, and sometimes with yellow markings, and usually 1/4 to 1/2 inch (4-10 mm) in size. The one I saw was black and yellow and was about a 1/4 inch in size. The Wikipedia article went on to say that they will sting if squeezed or squashed against one’s flesh. Aha! Sweat bees will sting. The sting is not painful and poses no risk unless one is allergic to bee or any kind of insect sting.
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April 22nd, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Glad it wasn’t painful! When I read your other post where the bee stung you several times, I thought that must really hurt!
April 22nd, 2010 at 10:16 pm
A bee sting strictly means a sting from the bee (honey bee, bumblebee, sweat bee etc). In the vernacular it can mean a sting of a bee, wasp, hornet, or yellowjacket. Some people may even call the bite of a horse-fly a bee sting. The stings of most of these species can be quite painful, and are therefore an object of dread for many people.
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