Bees don't have lungs.

So if I understand you correctly, if I remove my lungs, I’m a bee? My aunt had lung cancer, so they’ll probably kill me, anyway. I’ll report back on the results.

And, for the most part, humans' lungs don't have bees!

I somehow forgot about bees not having lungs. I knew some other small things didn't.

Beekeepers intentionally use smoke to make bees docile during collection time, transfers, etc

Insects don't have lungs. It also means their potential size is directly limited by the oxygen content in the air.

Which is why we don't see cat sized insects roaming around.

Hold on, wait a minute, pause. There are people who think that bugs have lungs?

Huh, the Greek hero Spiracles saved the bees

Hunh. TIL.

Well that's a Christmas spiracle

they don't have circulatory systems either they've basically just pushing things through themselves and tryna make it work

"I've been trying to quit smoking. I want to take better care of my spiracles"

Wait until this person hears about fish.

don't beekeepers use smoke or some such?

am i the only one who notices that this logic makes no sense? it doesnt matter that they have no lungs, they still are susceptible to both heat and airborn toxins, they perform gas exchange. They lived because the heat and smoke were below lethal toxic levels for them.

Like most others I have not read the article. But someone please answer me this:

If the bees fell asleep, then why didn't the fire kill them? I can accept that insects don't have lungs, I mean some people are doing well without hearts... but am I supposed to accept that bees are also immune to fire damage?

I remember the first time I heard bugs dont have lungs. Like wtf? Just no internal ventilation pumping air as needed. Seems wierd but also thx God. They are annoying enough.

Why doesn't the damaging and hot particulate matter in smoke do any harm to or otherwise clog up their spiracles like it does to the inner lining of lungs? I gather lungs are wet and also very delicate, but if they're directly oxygenating their organs through these spiracles eventually it must get to somewhere wet and delicate for the smoke to get in and potentially harm.

They breathe their own farts. Well.

"fall asleep" sounds like a nice way to say ded

But that's illegal!

Next you're gonna tell me that plants don't have a neocortex!?

Next they're going to tell me that bees don't have hearts