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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: robo on September 06, 2016, 09:47:53 pm

Title: Do Honeybees Really Die When They Sting
Post by: robo on September 06, 2016, 09:47:53 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkFnLj4Nkz4
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Post by: Les on September 06, 2016, 09:52:55 pm
Nice video!
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Post by: Nugget Shooter on September 06, 2016, 10:12:19 pm
Interesting and cool video, thanks!
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Post by: Wandering Man on September 06, 2016, 10:26:55 pm
Thanks for posting.

I don't see myself being a "wait-er!"
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Post by: Zweefer on September 14, 2016, 09:38:15 am
Great video!  I am curious if the venom still pumps in those instances where the bee is able to pull free?
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Post by: Jen on September 14, 2016, 12:19:38 pm
I was taught that if the stinger comes loose in your skin, but the guts of the bee stay intact, the the bee doesn't necessarily die. It will simply keep on working without a stinger. If the bee is really mad at you, it will most likely sink the stinger in earnest and pull away quickly leaving guts behind.
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Post by: Green bee on September 14, 2016, 09:03:43 pm
Nice video!!! :bee:
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Post by: Bakersdozen on September 16, 2016, 03:51:39 am
Thanks, robo!
Was that milkweed at the close of the video?  There was a big fat caterpillar on one of those stems.  I wondered if it was a monarch.
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Post by: Perry on September 16, 2016, 06:46:54 am
Hats off to the maker of that video, well done! :yes:
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Post by: Jen on September 16, 2016, 12:40:44 pm
Hey Baker! I watched the vid again and I saw the monarch caterpillar! So Cool! I grow milkweed in a barrel in my backyard and I plucked 7 leaves with monarch eggs on them and raised them and set them free. What a very cool hobby. I can now identify the females from the males as well. Seeing that caterpillar made my day  ;) 8)