Do I have to lock the database connections when multithreading?
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Collections.Generic;

// Libraries
using log4net;
using log4net.Config;
using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;

namespace AIC
{
    class DB
    {
        private static readonly ILog _logger = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(DB));
        private MySqlConnection _connection;
        private MySqlCommand _cmd;
        private string _server;
        private string _database;
        private string _username;
        private string _password;

        //Constructor
        public DB(string server, string database, string username, string password)
        {
            log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();

            _server = server;
            _database = database;
            _username = username;
            _password = password;

            _connection = new MySqlConnection(string.Format("SERVER={0};DATABASE={1};UID={2};PASSWORD={3};charset=utf8;", _server, _database, _username, _password));
        }

        public bool TestConnection()
        {
            try
            {
                _connection.Open();
                _connection.Close();
                _logger.Info("Connection test, passed...");
                return true;
            }
            catch (MySqlException ex)
            {
                _logger.Error(ex.ToString());
                return false;
            }
        }

        //open connection to database
        private bool Open()
        {
            try
            {
                if (_connection.State != ConnectionState.Open)
                    _connection.Open();
                _logger.Info("Starting connection to database...");
                return true;
            }
            catch (MySqlException ex)
            {
                _logger.Error(ex.ToString());
                return false;
            }
        }

        //Close connection
        private bool Close()
        {
            try
            {
                if (_connection.State != ConnectionState.Closed)
                    _connection.Close();
                _logger.Info("Closing connection to database...");
                return true;
            }
            catch (MySqlException ex)
            {
                _logger.Error(ex.ToString());
                return false;
            }
        }

        // Some basic functions
        public bool UserExist(string user)
        {
            string query = "SELECT user_id FROM users WHERE username=@name LIMIT 1";
            if (this.Open())
            {
                try
                {
                    // Assign the connection
                    _cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, _connection);

                    // Prepare to receive params
                    _cmd.Prepare();

                    // Fill up the params
                    _cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@name", user);

                    // returned count bool
                    bool result = Convert.ToInt32(_cmd.ExecuteScalar()) > 0;

                    // Close connection
                    this.Close();
                    return result;
                }
                catch (MySqlException ex)
                {
                    _logger.Error(ex.ToString());
                    this.Close();
                    return false;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                _logger.Error("You must be connected to the database before performing this action");
                return false;
            }
        }

        public bool AddUser(string user)
        {
            // .... add user to database
        }

        public bool DelUser(string user)
        {
            // .... del user from database
        }

        public int CountUsers()
        {
            // .... count total users from database
        }
    }
}