• FreedomAdvocate
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    2 months ago

    The conversation is literally around bees and how many times they can sting you before they die, and you bring up yellow jackets. If you knew they weren’t bees why did you bring them up?

    • Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com
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      2 months ago

      They are both part of the hymenoptera order. They are not the same, but they are related evolutionarily and thus can still be relevant to discussion about bees.

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        1 month ago

        They’re not relevant to this discussion, at all. In general, when a bee stings a person they die because their stinger along with their insides rip out of them. This doesn’t happen with wasps, including yellow jackets. They can and will sting over and over.

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          1 month ago

          Because their stingers are smooth, like bumblebees and carpenter bees. Are those not related either??

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            1 month ago

            Do they die when they sting humans once? No? Then they’re not relevant lol.