To live or to die?

When a bee stings it dies, right? We are all sure about it. But does it actually work like that? Not really.

Bees are not aggressive animals, that like to sting just because, like those bitches wasps. Nevertheless, when they feel trapped or they need to protect the hive, they tend to attack. And then they die. End of story. Poor bees! Yeah... no, it does not work like that. Actually bees are used to sting other insects, and when they do so they do not lose their insides all over. In fact, these insects have a rigid exoskeleton, which the bees are used to sting to defend itself. Instead our little friends lose their life only when they sting humans or other animals with elastic skin. Yes indeed... they die only when we are the ones who get stung.. or better, they die because after we get stung we fidget and the bee tries to desperately escape, and so it doesn't pay attention to the fact that its sting is still literally stuck in our flesh.

So is there a way to avoid the death of these little creatures when they sting us? Obviously the answer is yes: be still. If the bee has the time after it has stung us to remove its sting from the skin, then it can freely fly away still alive. By the way, there is this crazy man that shows how all this is true by intentionally and repeatedly letting a lot of bees sting him, displaying a close up of the bees trying to escape. The man that gave his hand away to stings is clearly sadistic, but it is cool to see so I posted the video down below (go directly to minute 2.10 because the beginning is boring).

Enjoy!

V.