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Sucking Up Bees Went Wrong
- Dave Goulson accidentally inhaled a bumblebee using a homemade suction device and got stung inside his lip.
- He spent the day unable to eat and being teased by students, illustrating fieldwork mishaps can be embarrassing and painful.
A Wasps Sting In Panama
- Seirian Sumner described being stung on the eyebrow by paper wasps in Panama and swelling dramatically.
- The sting left her with a temporarily grotesque face, emphasising real risk even to experienced researchers.
Bees Are Evolved Wasps
- Bees evolved from wasps and appeared about 120 million years ago, while wasps are much older.
- That evolutionary relationship explains why bees and wasps share many traits, and why wasps have far greater species diversity.