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Billionaire Sunjay Kapur has died after swallowing a bee at a polo match (people.com)

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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 337 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Jeez, come on you guys, show some respect.

A bee just died.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 103 points 1 day ago

Seriously. We really can't afford to lose more bees.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

An obedient drone serving the monarchy? Cry me a river!

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

In bee and ant societies, all decisions are made by adult workers through chemical voting. (Queens, larvae and drones don't get a vote, though.)

[–] klu9@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago

TIL that. Thanks. Now reading up on eusociality in hymenopterans.