saw this on the main page of cbsnews.com a couple of months ago

  • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    I looked this up after typing a response to make sure I wasn’t mistaken, but its only honey bees that die when they string you

    From google “First off, male bees in any species cannot sting as only females have the bodily anatomy to do so. Secondly, only the honey bee can die after stinging, this is due to the honey bee’s stinger. A honey bees stinger is made up of two barbed lancets, meaning when they sting, the stinger cannot be pulled out again.”

    I didnt realise that the worker bees were female! Male bees are good for nothing but breeding. They cant even sting. Bloody layabouts!