Interesting factoid, there is slight confusion throughout the media over if sweat bees sting or bite, when they indeed sting, similar to the honey bee, which dies after stinging, due to it not being able to pull it's stinger out of the surface in which it landed, therefore leaving it stuck there on your skin; alas the stinger is the base for the nerves and digestive tract, therefore ripping them apart in the process, destroying the bee's central nervous system. (CNS) Whereas, sweat bees die after stinging as well, in a similar fashion.