Why is a sting operation called so?

I read news papers a lot....& Many times I came across a word called Sting Operation..
I dint know the meaning of this.. Only thing I knew was that its some type of a trap used by Police, Army, Media....
I was eager to know the correct meaning.....
I then asked an Army personnel who was known to me...
And he gave me this answer


A sting operation most likely owes its etymological origin to the bee.
Typically, a sting operation involves an investigative agency such as the police or the media,
who lure a criminal to commit a crime in order to trap them red-handed.
They might pose as a criminal themselves, and thereby set up a trap in terms of an alluring offer,
often known as a honey trap.
Once the target takes the bait, the trappers "sting" them by way of arrest or publication, the way a bee would sting someone who tries to take honey from a beehive.
-Aj