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      21 hours ago

      Bumblebees average 100-150mg and have a ~2mm straight, barbless stinger. The average housecat weighs 8-10lbs. Using 125mg and 9lbs (4,082,331.3mg), the big bee is ~32,658.65x increased in mass. The cube root for this is 32. So big bee has a 64mm (2.5”) stinger. That’s roughly the size of the talons on a golden eagles front digits. Also the same size as the infamous sickle claw of a scientifically accurate velociraptor.

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          3 hours ago

          An eighth would be “28 bees”.

          Busted for trafficking- “Dude got caught haulin’ hives.”

          OD- “stung by a killer bee”

          Grow your own weed- “backyard beekeeper”

          Cook your own meth- “backyard waspkeeper”

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              It’s all fun and games until some little old lady that sells organic honey at the farmers market has the Feds kick down her door because she’s in the wrong state to call her business “Grannie’s Backyard Bees”. Even worse when they discover grannie’s really has been hustling since ‘67.