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If you're careful with the index fingers of opposite hands, you can remove the stinger from your skin without killing the bee.

• shakna 2y ago
  I don't think I've ever been stung in such a convenient position as to allow that.
• 867-5309 2y ago
  as opposed to index fingers of the same hand..
  • qup 2y ago
    Not the same hand, he's talking about two hands on the same side
    • mech422 2y ago
      but I need my second left hand to film for Insta! :-P
    • koolba 2y ago
      There’s only one frood who could pull off that extraction.
• cryptonector 2y ago
  Not really. The bee that stings you will flap her wings very vigorously, and it will rip its stinger off in less than a second trying to get away from you. Unless you're deliberately trying to get stung and save her, you won't have a chance.
  • wizzwizz4 2y ago
    Depends on the colony. The bees that have stung me have always taken 5 or 10 seconds to start trying to dismantle themselves in earnest, which (depending on location) is usually enough time to rescue them. (I'm not sure whether they survive my rescue, but at the very least they can fly away, and their stingers don't remain in my skin.)