Side view of sting of honey bee worker. After Snodgrass (1910, fig. 36) The anatomy of the honey bee,
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Technical Series
, Volume 18, Washington, DC, p.1-162, (1910)
[1]. (scale bar = 0.5 mm)
See also sting animation.
blb - bulb of stylet
Lct - lancet
Ob - oblong plate
Qd - quadrate plate
Sh - sheath lobe
Stl - stylet
Tri - triangular plat