Bees can actually sting other insects with no trouble and reuse Thier stinger
Mammals are different problem with elasticated skin causing the rearward facing barbs of thier stingers to become stuck and the bee trying to escape ends up rupturing it's thorax and dying. This is sad as bees are nice, please be nice to bees
Gall midges (from the Cecidomyiidae family) and also mosquitoes (from the Ceratopogonidae family) are among the most important pollinators for cocoa trees. Your biggest advantage? Due to their tiny size - between 1 and 3 millimeters - they fit perfectly through the small flower heads of the cacao trees.
Do you like chocolate? Because I got some bad news about how useful they are and how much you like mosquitoes.
Wild how bees are basically tiny strategists who only malfunction when they meet our stretchy human skin, nature really coded them with patch notes we never asked for.
Yep. A bee sting is their nuclear option, it’s the final line of defense in what they see as an absolute emergency - like a self destruct mechanism for a ship. Most bees are very hesitant to use it unless they think it’s an emergency, to defend their family in their hive.
Bees can actually sting other insects with no trouble and reuse Thier stinger
Mammals are different problem with elasticated skin causing the rearward facing barbs of thier stingers to become stuck and the bee trying to escape ends up rupturing it's thorax and dying. This is sad as bees are nice, please be nice to bees
Yes bees are nice but fuck hornets, wasps, and mosquitos
The unfortunate thing is, wasps are actually important pollinators
Fuck pollination. Just make more bees. As long as wasps are fucking gone. /j
Mosquitoes are always very important for the ecosystem
Yea... For fish feed and that's it
Gall midges (from the Cecidomyiidae family) and also mosquitoes (from the Ceratopogonidae family) are among the most important pollinators for cocoa trees. Your biggest advantage? Due to their tiny size - between 1 and 3 millimeters - they fit perfectly through the small flower heads of the cacao trees.
Do you like chocolate? Because I got some bad news about how useful they are and how much you like mosquitoes.
Well do we have cacao trees in America? If not can we get rid of mosquitoes in America
Mosquitoes are a vital part of the diet for bats and spiders
What about bedbugs?... Are they vital to our ecosystem?
They're actually one of the biggest pollinators out there
They are still one of the coolest insects I know
Wild how bees are basically tiny strategists who only malfunction when they meet our stretchy human skin, nature really coded them with patch notes we never asked for.
Apparently it's not a malfunction, it's specifically adapted to hurt vertebrates
Doesn’t it keep stinging and pumping venom after the stinger dislodges as well?
Seems like nature got weird when evolving these traits.
Huh, I never knew that. Thanks.
Yeah because bees don't sting to hunt but as a defense mechanism.
Yep. A bee sting is their nuclear option, it’s the final line of defense in what they see as an absolute emergency - like a self destruct mechanism for a ship. Most bees are very hesitant to use it unless they think it’s an emergency, to defend their family in their hive.
Hilarious this is downvoted? 😆
-You actually never sting, it just looks like you do! Now that's badass...
NOT THE BEES
Suicide bombers of the animal kingdom
"For Kolechia!" ahhh insect
Hornets: I'm just evil and kill things and hurt things as much as possible I'm a being of pure malice with no reason to my hurting others
That's not bees though
Is that a pun? That point didn't get enough buzz.
Imagine getting preserved for thousands of years just to be known for rare gas.
Mosquitoes are vampires. Spiders are assassins. Bees are just tiny, highly defensive suicide bombers
THE EMPEROR PROTECTS!!!
Wasps on the other hand just keep on stinging ... like a fcking ... a fucking ...
...
Now ... When I wrote that bit, I didn't expect it to dissolve into me just ...
people who know that reference, will get it
Fear the man(bee) with nothing to lose.
"FOR THE COLONY!!!!"
"FOR KOLECHIA!"
Teeny tiny fuzzy wuzzy suicide bombers!
Technically nature promotes suicide
i'm sure before the act they think like "FOR THE QUEEEEN"
Spiders use their venom to paralyse their prey and liquify it. I guess it hurts as well:)
I don’t know about badass but I’ve heard that it’s painless and brings on many changes…
Bees really looked at life and said: ‘I’m taking you with me’ ðŸ˜ðŸ’€
STFU
😆😆