Eli5 how did bees evolve to be a stinger that kills them when used?
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They didn’t. That stinger evolved to fight other insects mostly, and it doesn’t get lodged there. The stingers are not that great against tough, leathery mammal skin, and the barbs on the stinger get lodged. I understand bird skin is thinner, and they can get stung multiple times by the same honeybee.
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