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Billionaire Sunjay Kapur has died after swallowing a bee at a polo match (people.com)

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

You are right if it's a honey bee. There are many other species of bees that do have males with stingers. For example many solitary bees (live alone rather than in a hive) have stingers though aren't known to sting people unless swallowed like in the OP.

The British isles have over 200 species of solitary bees so it's very possible the bee hero in question here was a male :)

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Didn't even think it about it not being a honey a bee. You're right.