>When cleaning up some frames with dead bees (starved), we discussed if
>one could be stung by a dead bee. Instad of trying i hereby ask You: Can
>you get stung (with venom) by the stinger of a dead bee?
 
Yes, last year I jammed my finger end on a dead bee during clean-up, and got
stung! Whether there was any venom left I don't know as I don't swell even
on a normal sting. The mechanism is still there, even though the bee is dead.
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