Microscopic look at a bee stinger vs. The point of a needle

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VKH700 on July 20th, 2019 at 13:56 UTC »

I now understand why the stinger is so hard to remove.

razzraziel on July 20th, 2019 at 15:45 UTC »

here is the correct comparison:

https://i.imgur.com/m2m6SV2.jpg

notdust on July 20th, 2019 at 15:47 UTC »

Do honeybees just go around fucking each other up? I see clusters of them all the time. How is no one running into this and catching it in the eye. It surely must happen, I just wonder if anyone knows about this in particular.