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[โ€“] Zerush@lemmy.ml 17 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Bees don't die after stinging, only by stinging a big animal or humans, because their sting isn't made for thick skins but for other insects. In hornets and wasps there isn't a problem, their stings don't have barbs.

And it's only a certain species of bee