<P> Although for most people a bee sting is painful but otherwise relatively harmless, in people with insect sting allergy, stings may trigger a dangerous anaphylactic reaction that is potentially deadly . Additionally, honey bee stings release pheromones that prompt other nearby bees to attack . </P> <P> A honey bee that is away from the hive foraging for nectar or pollen will rarely sting, except when stepped on or roughly handled . Honey bees will actively seek out and sting when they perceive the hive to be threatened, often being alerted to this by the release of attack pheromones (below). </P> <P> 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 . Honey bees are the only hymenoptera with a strongly barbed sting, though yellow jackets and some other wasps have small barbs . </P> <P> Bees with barbed stingers can often sting other insects without harming themselves . Queen honeybees and bees of many other species, including bumblebees and many solitary bees, have smoother stingers with smaller barbs, and can sting mammals repeatedly . </P>

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