Western honey bee Since workers are not fully sexually developed, they do not mate with drones and thus can only produce haploid (male) offspring. Queens and workers have a modified ovipositor, a stinger, with which they defend the hive. Unlike bees of any other genus and the queens of their own species, the stinger of worker honey bees is barbed. Contrary to popular belief, a bee does not always die soon after stinging; this misconception is based on the fact that a bee will usually die after stinging a human or other mammal. The stinger and its venom sac, with musculature and a
African Honey Bee (organization) African Honey Bee (organization) African Honey Bee is a social-franchise beekeeping micro-business incubator established in 2007. Its purpose is to alleviate poverty through sustainable beekeeping, by enabling rural families to benefit from the unpolluted prime honey producing vegetation around them. African Honey Bee was set up by Guy Stubbs, a Christian Social Entrepreneur , who has expertise in developmental beekeeping. Andrew Weeks and Kobus Visser contributed towards the success of the project. African Honey Bee supports viable micro beekeeping businesses in southern Africa, by developing a network of interlinked beekeeping incubator farms that provide access to training, mentorship, low cost