Stings are also caused by insects, but instead of biting you, they get you with their stinger (which they sometimes leave embedded in your skin). Wasps and hornets sting regularly and it will cause a sharp, sudden pain as they do. This then leaves a swollen red mark on your skin which can become painful and itchy but will usually fade after a few days.Bees sting far less frequently, and if a honey bee stings then it will die in the process (because it cannot pull the stinger back out, it has to rupture its own abdomen to leave it behind, which then kills them). A bee sting looks and feels very similar to a wasp or hornet sting, but you will sometimes notice the sting still in the skin.