• Machinist@lemmy.world
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          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.

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            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 :)

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                  19 hours ago

                  Wow! That’s amazing, I’ve never heard of a blue bee. That’s just really cool. I bet it was confusing when you first saw it. I’ve heard of/seen solitary bees but didn’t think about it. Did a little beekeeping work as a kid.

                  We’ve got a couple weird ones on the other side of the pond that I’ve been around. (wasps, actually)

                  Cow killer/Red velvet ant it’s sting is in the top 10 for most painful. They’re beautiful.

                  Cicada Killers are huge, 5cm/2in long. I had one fall out of a tree with a cicada right next to me. I thought it was birds fighting.

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                    12 hours ago

                    thanks for sharing these cool wasps! We have some very interesting ones here in Thailand as well and I’ve seen them dig trenches just tossing sand around half a meter up which just shows how crazy strong they actually are so incredibly don’t doubt those stings sting