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minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoThe worker bees do not reproduce, so their survival after stinging is not that important.
minus-squareZephrC@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoThat 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.
The worker bees do not reproduce, so their survival after stinging is not that important.
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.