I need to post a correction. In What’s it Like to Be a Bee, I said some things that I’ve later come to regret. Not only did I sound like an idiot but I was wrong, too.
Here is a photo of what I have subsequently learned are insect predators called Ambush Bugs, and they apparently have no fear of the bee’s stinger, much to the bee’s dismay.
Unfortunately, no higher-res photos of these insects exist. But, if they did, they certainly wouldn’t be at this site: here.