I learned pretty young that bees die when they lose their stinger. I believed, however, that once the bee lost its stinger, it died temporarily. Then the worker bees came with a little gurney and hauled the dead bee off to the queen bee who gave it a new stinger and thus brought it back to life.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if the queen died we would all die too. I think it had somthing to do with bees.— Darrell
- My daughter believed that as bees made honey, ants must make marmite.— Linda
- i used to think honey came from smashed up bees— Sabrina
My friend used to believe that bees made honey and jam.
— julia- I used to believe that killer bees would take over the world by the time I was an adult.— Kristy O.
- I used to believe that honey was made from bees' pee when they drank too much water.Anon