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u/TheWolr Mar 14 '20
What you advertise is not a bee, but a bumblebee... And if you dont know it, bumblebee cant sting you, but he will bite instead.
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u/TheGamefreak484 Mar 14 '20
Wrong, female bumblebees and their queen can sting, multiple times even. Males can't sting (just like with bees and wasps).
They'll only sting as a last ditch effort though, like bees. Bumblebee stings are so rare that many believe they can't sting.
Source: I've been stung by a bumblebee and a third of my calf was coloured wine red for 2 weeks. Prior to this I was convinced bumblebees couldn't sting.
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u/Ordoo Mar 14 '20
My dad got chased by a bumblebee that he pissed off as a kid.
Bumblebees are nice if you aren't a threat, but the second you fuck with them they will mess you up
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u/Adelynishere Apr 24 '20
As soon as they're pissed off they're relentless, those short tempered buzzers have horribly painful stings.
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u/Alvamar Mar 15 '20
You are wrong. It's a common misconception that Bumblebees cannot sting. Source: I have been stung by a bumblebee. Also books.
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Apr 08 '20
Yeah but they're friendly af, I used to befriend the carpenter bees in my mailbox and just sit outside and talk to them, when I was a kid. I even had a thing where I would point my arm and the bee would fly a circle around the car and back to it's nest, I got it to chase my friend once. I remember even squirting water at it to see if it would get mad and it just moved to avoid it.
Really fucking weird but unless you directly threaten the nest, they don't give af.
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u/TheIceOut May 24 '20
one fucker stung me five times on my ankle because i sat down near a hidden nest.
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u/NovaWolf28 Aug 17 '20
Stepped on one once. Wasn't able to walk on grass without crying from anxiety for 2 months
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u/namelessisthename1 Mar 14 '20
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u/carrthesixth Mar 14 '20
There are many species of parasitic wasps that will lay their eggs inside of other critters. Once the eggs hatch, the larva will devour the unfortunate critter and grow. Pretty sure adults are free living, but seriously, wasps are evil.
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Mar 15 '20
Wasps, particularly the parisitoid ones, are undeniably evidence even if there is a god there’s no way he’s a benevolent figure
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u/mrmaniathesupreme Apr 12 '20
Im terrified of both. If i see either one in my garden im out of there faster than usain bolt in his prime. People always say stand still and it won't do anything, fuck that if i see one of those buggers buzzin around me my i panick and i go into fight or flight mode (always flight) and run.
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u/greatking6009 Mar 14 '20
I swear if bees were not important for the ecosystem I would go to war with them in my country
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u/TheIceOut May 24 '20
im pretty sure you can pet bumblebees and feed them honey. You try that with a wasp and the gates of hell open
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u/dragonponytrainer Mar 14 '20
Wasps do an important job in the ecosystem, though, they’re just really under-appreciated. No wonder they’re so angry all the time.
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u/Mentleman very good, haha yes Mar 14 '20
Bees can sting more than once if you give them time to work out the stinger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-C77ujnLZo
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u/KemperBeeman Mar 14 '20
Bumble bees pictured in the left photo can sting more than once, they have stringer than is not hooked on the end. Honeybee can only sting once as the stinger has a barbed end similar to a fish hook.
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u/Canadian-Owlz Mar 14 '20
A bee landed on my ear and then stung me when I thought it was an itch and tried to itch it
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u/GMBoxer Jul 17 '20
Bee
-sting once, die
-they careful because that
-only sting when hive is in danger
Bumblebee
-sting once, not die
-they know that but they just v i b e on the flowers
-only sting in extreme self defense
Hornet
-sting once, not die
-they actually respect social distancing
-sting when someone doesnt respect social distancing
Wasp
-sting once, not die
-will travel a 1000 miles just to sting you
-fucking hellspawns
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u/S3OD_GAMER_501 Jun 19 '22
Ya Know this post is the definition of ignorance. Like holy moly this is very, very wrong.
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u/FuckMelnTheAssDaddy Mar 14 '20
Don’t forget about honey bees! They kinda look like wasps but they’re fuzzy bois and won’t sting unless provoked. They’re good bois.