How Do Bees Sting? | Maddie Moate
One of the bee questions I get asked most is WHY do bees sting?! Honey bees rarely sting for any reason other than defence and needn't be anything to be scared of. So, I made a video and a DIY honey bee stinger to help me explain how and why they do it!
(This is a video about honey bee stings. Not all insect stingers are the same.)
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When the bee stung me, my hand was burning badly and I was in excruciating pain. My mother applied raw honey to my hand because she used Geohoney honey, and it worked and made me feel much better.
My son loves you! (He's 3 next month). He always gets really excited when he he hears the theme to do you know, and when you appeared as miss mouse in thumbelina. I can't believe that was filmed in Stoke-on-Trent, we are from there
That was a really great video, interesting and good production quality!
Yeah for bee videos! :)
Woohoo!
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Another super bee video Maddie!! Thank you so much for this, our children will love it! Keep up the 'Beerilliant' bee work!
Thank you so much! Please pass on a big "Hello" to all your future Beekeepers for me! 🐝
@@maddiemoate will do! They are still talking about the video you sent last year when our first children passed their beekeeping exams!! 😍
Great video Maddie, I love bees...Wasps on the other hand 😱
Wasp are generally more defensive but they are very similar in that they will only sting if they are threatened.
Maddie, you should be on television -- somebody phone The One Show immediately!
She’s been on CBBC for years.
Maddie is certainly very professional.
The dislike is off now xd
Whatever you’re selling I’m buying it. Lol Also great video Maddie.
One day Minecraft will also add Maddie in the game 😆
You’re great Maddie. You should 🐝 on television. I always love your passion and attention to detail.
She is! Hosts a few programs on uk kids tv
Great job Maddie!! Keep em coming!
Again such a nice bee video, I love it :) They are wonderful little animals and so important for the world around us!
I love your videos Madie! I'm a beekeeper in Western Australia.
Omg hi Maddie!Im such a huge fan!I watch you at school on my computer.Please notice this ❤️
First, our kids stumbling with your program in CBeebies. That brought me to subscribe you now in youtube.Thank you for making good content Maddie👍🏼
Very well explained on stinger. Thanks.
You are my favorite KZheadr
I Used To Be Afraid Of Bees But Now I Like Bees.
I have 2 hives and they are great to watch. I have been stung a lot. I never smack at them when they do. I will set still because some times they will go a round and round and free them self.
love watching your vids.
Luar biasa kakak..saya sangat suka dengan lebah...
Thanks! All the things I've been telling my five year old but somehow coming from you it's more credible for her :/
Thank you.
Hi Maddie, wouldn't it bee (had to) that the pressure of the stinger going into the skin, and pushing back on the sack with the venom in that actually causes the venom to squirt out? I only ask as how would the Bee know it had successfully pierced your skin? I believe that is how snakes squirt their venom by the fangs going in and then squeezing the the back of the fang to release the venom. Great video though as always
You can see the muscles pulsing, pumping that venom. It maybe that upon being ripped from the the be there is an autonomous reaction.
The honeybee sting has 2 parts with barbs on, these slide backwards and forwards against each other pulling them into the skin. The venom sack releases the venom when it cools down, i.e. As soon as it comes out of the body of the bee the cooler air starts the muscles contracting and pumps out the venom. On a cold day the venom will get into you much quicker than on a warm day
i love u so muchu allways start the vid off happy
hi i love your channal so much
😀Super video
Hello I’m new I suscribed your channel
Got stung once on my tongue... but its my stupidity that i didnt see it landed on the lip of my can of coke... sorry bee... sad and regretful way to go. Speech was all mumbled the rest of the company outing lol - lovely dress maddie!
You were stung by a wasp.
Explore new things wow
Got it.
(Sees SINGLE stingless bee) Ight imma head out
do more bee videos please
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Honeybees do not stop to ponder and ask themselves: "should I sting this thing??" , rather it is an inherit genetic trait to defend their colony. Also, honeybees do not always loose their stinger. Stingers are lost due to the thickness of the epidermis layer of our skin. Bees COULD die if they sting us humans, but they can sting other creatures multiple times without dying. Also, many times a bee sting wont go extremely deep. If you don't freak out and can tolerate the pain, watch the bee as it tries o free it'self. Often, the bee will move in spirals and "unscrew" themselves, which allows them to fly away to live another day 🐝☮️☯️
My Mum Is Allergic To Wasp Stings
Cant tell how many times I get called to pick up a swarm of honey bees or hive and it is a colony of yellow jackets or bald faced hornets I will remove the nest usually from them and try to educate them on the difference between bees and wasp
I don't why this is on my KZhead recommendation
I like when I see u on TV
21st Century Bite & Stings Spray.
You look so much lovely today
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Hi Maddie ✋️😃 Where is youre boyfriend from the Winter ❄️🎄 Efteling Vlog ?
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That "honeybees don't want to sting you" is bullcrap. They have no sense of self. They do what's required to ensure the survival of the hive. I've been stung by hornets, yellow jackets, honeybees, scorpions and bitten by a black widow. They all suck.
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Bee Stings are very nasty.
Always love seeing your videos! you're one of the most genuine youtubers out there! LOVE it!
What is better than a bee? A million bees!
Thank you for sharing this, Maddie - absolutely love your stinger model!!
Thank you team! It's certainly an unusual way to use a Turkey Baster! 😂
Maddie, my fafoured Queen bee ❤️
Great, positive video, as usual, Maddie. Didn't know barbs were called _barbs,_ though. ;) I've heard from _grownups,_ and reading Hergé's Tintin, The Castafiore Emerald as a kid (true :D), putting sugar on a sting, after removing the stinger, brings relief. Edit: Just thought to add that kids are really lucky to have your interesting, pedagogical and sunny videos.
Great video! Due in part to your beekeeping videos (and others) I started beekeeping last year to, believe it or not, get over my extreme fear of bees. So far so good. I'm hoping I will be able to get this years bees to overwinter. Thanks for posting the great videos!
man you are adorable Maddie, you brighten my day...keep up the good videos
The cutest bee keeper I seen
Well done, Maddie.
Great video once again!
Great video promoting the honeybee. Thanks.
That is a very large barb Maddie. I think children will most definitely run when they see a bee now. 😀. J/k great video.
I love your voice 😍
Maddie....long time follower....why oh why do you not have 10x as many followers? this makes no sense
I’ve seen bees attack another in flight by ramming them around flowers. What’s that all about?
Don’t get stung because I love u
I've always heard you can try to suck the venom out when you get stung. That'll supposedly reduce the amount of venom that's in your body. Is that actually true? Or is it taken up so quickly that you don't have to bother?
"When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad..."
Did you know: If you get stung by a wasp,put garlic on the sting and it will stop the pain and stop it from swelling up. I tried this and it worked.
If you can reach some honey you can put some
I've been watching other wasp and bee videos, bees can sting without leaving their sting, but it's our skin that causes this in honeybees.
Wow
I wish she was my science teacher. She’s good.
I have 30 jars of honey I helped my grandfather harvest from hives just like these. Nothing like the real thing.
Can you run from a swarm of bees and hide in a river like wile e coyote?
Answer: Painfully!
On a more serious note: how on earth do you keep your bee suite so clean and bright white?! Washing mine seems to have little or no effect.
bee sting on arm
Only the FEMALE bees can sting right??
And unfortunately honey bees get blamed for 90% of stings when in reality most stings people get are from yellow jackets European Hornets and wasps
I never get worried around honey bees or bees in general now wasp is a different story yellow jackets are pure evil!
quarter way I just lost :D
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Die wasp die.. Wasps are evil they sting for fun.. I can even see them smiling when they do it.. Bees are nice and no they won't sting unless provoked or part of that dangerous group called the suicide squad :-)