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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews Sep 18

    Are wasps the bees knees? Scientists think they should behttps://bbc.in/2D8jT4M 

    6:44 PM - 18 Sep 2018
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    • Jammeh Steffi Urban Bee LLC Stefania Steward Milton Barbosa wind blowing through the leaves Gus Routledge Narendra Pokharel david cole
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      1. Declan Ryan‏ @declanfryan Sep 18
        Replying to @BBCNews

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      1. Connor‏ @ConnorTrueStory Sep 18
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Because wasps sting us for no reason and bees only do it as a last resort. Basically, wasps are the police in the United States and bees are the Hobbits in LotR

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      1. Hmd l-Sk  👻‏ @teh_aSak Sep 18
        Replying to @BBCNews

        I bet wasps threatened the author to write this article.

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      2. Cynthia West‏ @CmwestWest Sep 18
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Because they are each capable of stinging multiple times, they eat meat and are aggressive.

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      3. Cynthia West‏ @CmwestWest Sep 18
        Replying to @CmwestWest @BBCNews

        I do LOVE Bees 🐝

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      4. Ethan Clarke‏ @stigzy Sep 19
        Replying to @CmwestWest @BBCNews

        Did you know, contrary to popular belief, bumble bees have barbless stingers too and they too can sting multiple times

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      5. Cynthia West‏ @CmwestWest Sep 19
        Replying to @stigzy @BBCNews

        Wow. Interesting. I still Love Bees and Bumble Bees are just the “Bee’s Knees”. Thank you for the information Ethan and hope you’re feeling better!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Stevie P‏ @Deadloud Sep 18
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Got stung in the eye years ago, went down like a broken lift. Wasps sting people for fun, they organise bus trips to crowded places and cause havoc. Evil, stripey, bad tempered things. A wasp even flew at a speed camera and I got fined for it! 😎

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      1. opinion8ed_dyke‏ @opinion8ed_dyke Sep 18
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        punctuation BBC Bees' knees

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      1. cappucino‏ @cappucino Sep 18
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Because wasps are aholes.

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      1. Norma‏ @MumSoPatient Sep 18
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Okay. Bees don’t mind if you get in close to watch them bob about the flowers. Wasps sting you for being nosey. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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      1. Mark Hellyer‏ @markhellsbells Sep 18
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Wasps are nosey and grumpy, they sting first ask questions later. Bees are happy go lucky little fellas that seem to accept they made a wrong turn and ask for help.

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      2. Sharada K‏ @SharadaK6 Sep 18
        Replying to @BBCNews

        I'm scared of both 😬😂

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      1. Lynsay Hunter‏ @lynsayjm Sep 19
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Scientist here - really don’t think they are the bees knees, they are unreasonable, aggressive bastards who ‘feel threatened’ enough to sting anything with a pulse in a 100 metre radius by the mere existence of other things around them e.g. oxygen, daylight etc.

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      1. Anuj datta‏ @Anujdatta83 Sep 18
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        As macabre as it is, you know and honey bees know that once they sting you they die. So 'if' they sting, you must have been worth it. Wasps can go on stinging sprees without stingers remorse. #savethebees #savethewasps #forgivemefatherfor I have a can of wasp killer at home

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      1. Nico Sammy G  🇨🇦‏ @NicoSammyG Sep 18
        Replying to @BBCNews

        If I'm not mistaken, it's probably the sting. That's just a shot in the dark, though. I'm probably wrong.

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      1. Mike‏ @Michael11160411 Sep 18
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Wasps are hateful bastards.

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      1. Elon Musk Is a Twat 🌹‏ @vlcupper Sep 18
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Wasps are evil incarnate.

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