Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Yes, female carpenter bees do have the ability to sting you, say Brannen Basham and Jill Jacobs, the co-owners of Spriggly’s Beescaping ...

Both bees will sting if they or the nest are provoked, but only the female bees have stingers. Bumble bees are much more defensive than carpenter bees. A female bumble bee can sting repeatedly ...