• @angrystego
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    14 months ago

    The worker bees do not reproduce, so their survival after stinging is not that important.

    • ZephrC
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      14 months ago

      That doesn’t even make any sense if you stop and think about it at all. Sure, a single worker bee dying isn’t a huge deal, but they all do that. It would definitely be better for the hive and the queen if they didn’t rip their own guts out.

      • @[email protected]
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        14 months ago

        but worker bees generally don’t have to sting anything, the amount of them that do have to do so is low enough that it’s not a big issue, and they have probably gotten work done before dying anyways.