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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 17 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Oh NO! PLEASE keep the Comments CIVILIZED! This man CHANGED Lives (by STEALING people's Money and Health!) and should be HONORED!

[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago
[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

So, apropro of nothing, is it possible to train bees?

[–] Seasm0ke@lemmy.world 49 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I wanna bee a billionaire, so fucking bad

[–] Kacarott@aussie.zone 9 points 10 hours ago

You've just given new meaning to the Bruno Mars song

[–] HowAbt2day 4 points 9 hours ago

Beelionaire

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 46 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If so, we have another job for it

[–] Deckname@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 hours ago

More, like a permanent position 👍

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 hours ago

That's hilarious.

[–] Lucelu2@lemmy.zip 15 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I was stung once by a bee when I was a kid and my mother threw mud on it. While the mud dried, it drew out the stinger.

anyhow, mad props to bees. They are heroes more ways than one. I actually find this quite inspirational. No matter how small and insignificant you may feel you are, small acts can still have big consequences.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What a way to go! All that money can't save you from nature.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Ooooooooh what a lucky man ... he-ee was ^was^ ^was^ ^was^

[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 246 points 16 hours ago (3 children)
[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 37 points 15 hours ago

10/10 no notes

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[–] asg101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Mad props to Comrade Bee, she gave her life for the people. She will live on in our memories, deepest sympathy and condolences to her hive for their loss.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 20 points 13 hours ago

Long live the Queen

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 45 points 13 hours ago

Luigi the Bee.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 21 points 12 hours ago

Hahahaha. Good.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 8 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] HowAbt2day 10 points 9 hours ago

For the bee

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 126 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

Ah this is terrible.

The bee population is already struggling, and there's no way this one survived after getting stuck in dude's throat.

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[–] boughtmysoul@lemmy.world 62 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ibelieveinthehousehippo@lemmy.ca 16 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That bee was too good for this world

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Could have been a male bee too

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Drones don't have stingers. Queens and workers have stingers. Queens are from worker larva that are fed royal jelly that transforms them into a queen that is capable of reproduction. Workers are technically female but they're closer to asexual.

So, that badass enby ace bee gave that motherfucker what for.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

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 :)

[–] Necroscope0@lemm.ee 25 points 13 hours ago

Oh no! Anyway...

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 43 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I feel bad for the bee.

But holy shit! If this doesn't make you want to save the bees than nothing will.

I dub this bee the Buzz Bomber!

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

I notice your Sonic reference

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 30 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Like most folks here, my only concern is for the bee.

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