>>77074924Technically the stinger is a modified ovipositor. In the male's case the stinger is actually his dick. And it still has barbs.
So that means that the male who's successful at mating a virgin queen is the only male who will ever mate with her, because his dick got ripped off and plugged up the queen's ovipore. The male flies off to bleed to death out of the hole where his dick used to be, and the queen starts a new hive once said dick is finally done pumping spermataphores into her and falls out/rots away.
Being a male bee sucks.
