Assertion: bee's stinger | /r/HasProperty | barbed
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text: The stingers of a honeybee are barbed.
text: Worker honey bees 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, this stinger is barbed.
text: Although the stinger is barbed, a worker bee is less likely to become lodged into clothing than human skin.
text: Although it is widely believed that a worker honey bee can sting only once, this is a partial misconception: although the stinger is in fact barbed so that it lodges in the victim's skin, tearing loose from the bee's abdomen and leading to its death in minutes, this only happens if the skin of the victim is sufficiently thick, such as a mammal's.
text: Although the stinger is barbed, a worker bee is less likely to become lodged into clothing than human skin.
text: Unlike bees of any other genus and the queens of their own species, the stinger of worker western honey bees is barbed.
text: Honey bees have a barbed stinger.
text: Worker bees have barbed stingers, while a queen has a smooth stinger, which she mostly uses to kill other queens.
text: Worker bees use their barbed stingers to defend the colony, but after attacking, the barbs attach to the victim's skin, tearing the stinging bee's abdomen, resulting in death.
text: Worker bees use their barbed stingers to defend the colony, but after attacking, the barbs attach to the victim's skin, tearing the stinging bee's abdomen, resulting in death.