bees?

[jszmarsh2002]

Once a honey bee's stinger is removed, his abdomen kinda comes w/ it, rendering him DEAD. Honey bees can only sting ONCE. I wish chams could eat bees, I have a couple of hives and I wouldn't have to put up w/ these darn crickets!

 

[lampshade]

Yes, but dogs aren't chameleons. If you noted that leopard geckos or some other reptile have had bad experiences with bees then it would make more sense. You're comparing a mammal to a reptile and especially one that is evolved to eat bugs and bees in the wild.

Working in the veterinary field, I have seen some very serious complications caused by bee stings. Fatal anaphylactic reactions caused by bee stings are extremely common in dogs and most of them need antihistamine injections. I myself came very close to loosing my dog to one single bee sting. I am sure you don't know exactly how your chameleon will react to a sting, and a retained stinger could potentially cause a nasty abscess in your chameleons mouth, once he or she ingests it. That having been said, why risk it?

-Cala-