Queen bumble bee....buzzzz

[butter1]

stupid question but to queen bee's sting?

[nrmatth]

yes

[Robinia]

Not stupid, I looked for an answer to this only a few days ago & found it here...

http://hercules.users.netlink.co.uk/Bee.html

[Englishbird]

my grandmother always used to call them bumblee's and we were taught not to be frightened of them. They may look similar but are very different to other bees and miles away from wasps

[butter1]

thank you Robinia, very interesting site!  Glad I'm not stupid. :)

[Robinia]

You're welcome butter1 - you learn something everyday on here!  I've been in the garden this afternoon & there are quite a few queen bumble bees about aren't there?

[curragh]

robinia, are ya sure thet link works? it said "the page cannot be displayed" for me!

[Robinia]

Yes curragh it works fine!!