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Comment Re:Correct me if I'm wrong (Score 0) 248

They die after stinging human flesh. From wikipedia:

When a honey bee stings a person, it cannot pull the barbed stinger back out. It leaves behind not only the stinger, but also part of its abdomen and digestive tract, plus muscles and nerves. This massive abdominal rupture is what kills the honey bee. Honey bees are the only species of bees to die after stinging.

Unless they use Joan Rivers to collect the venom, I'm sure they've figured out how to not kill the bees during the process.

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