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
Maya the Bee: The Honey Games Maya the Bee: The Honey Games Maya the Bee: The Honey Games is a 2018 Australian–German computer animated comedy adventure film directed by Noel Cleary, Sergio Delfino & Alexs Stadermann. Loosely based on 1975 anime "Maya the Honey Bee" and the German children's book "The Adventures of Maya the Bee" by Waldemar Bonsels, the film is a sequel to the 2014 film "Maya the Bee" and stars Coco Jack Gillies reprising her role as Maya. When an overenthusiastic Maya accidentally embarrasses the Empress of Buzztropolis, she is forced to unite with a team of misfit bugs and compete in the