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why does a honeybee die after stinging someone

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When the honey bee strings a person, it is not able to pull itself back out of the person easily because it leaves its strings, a part of its abdomen, digestive tract, its muscles and nerves inside that person. This ruptures the abdomen of the bee and kills it.

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