From: "Helmut E. Garz" <hommes@olympus.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 18:03:17 -0700
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Drone eviction

Stinger loss
Hi Chris I looked at the stinger action under a microscope. In this case
the stinger was imbedded by the bee into a piece of meat. Which by all
reasoning certainly can get stinger also stuck. The stinging action was
clearly seen. Very intere--sting to watch. I haver never seen or tried to
observe the action between bee and another insect. BUT I see this year daily
the dominant action between bees and wasps, specifically Yellow jackets. The
bee loses every time. She is just not agile enough. She reserves that for
me.
Helmut