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weixiang438 | 09:31 Sat 11th Apr 2009 | Science
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Why do bees die after there stinger drops?
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The stinger is barbed. It tears out of their body after use. A suicide weapon.
09:55 Sat 11th Apr 2009
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not all species of bee die after stinging. Drone honey bees do for instance but bumbebees do not.
11:12 Sat 11th Apr 2009
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Pedantically, it's only the male bumble bees that can't sting... females can but don't die afterwards since the stinger is not barbed as in honeybees...
15:44 Sat 11th Apr 2009

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