Wasps can sting repeatedly, but bees sting only once. Bees have a barbed stinger that remains in the victim's skin tissue. When the bee moves or is brushed away, the stinger is pulled from the bee's body along with the venom sac, which continues to pump venom into the victim. The bee dies after this one sting. Only female bees and wasps have stingers.

Most bees and wasps are social insects living in colonies, where tasks are divided among three castes: queens, males and workers. Queens are responsible for nest establishment and egg laying. In most species, only one queen is present during most of the season. Workers are all females equipped with stingers. They constitute the vast majority of the colony's individuals.

Stinging insects such as ants, bees and wasps belong to the order Hymenoptera. Other hymenopterous insects such as sawflies and horntails do not possess stingers.

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