# Zombie bees!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-bees/680150>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 30, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-bees/680150 "2014-01-30T18:55:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-bees/680150/1 "2014-01-30T18:55:30Z")

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No, for [real](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/infected-zombie-bees-reached-northeast-article-1.1596649) (kinda sorta…)!

My favorite part of the story…

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> These parasites lay eggs inside the bees, which eventually hatch and erupt from their hosts’ bodies. The bees usually die within 5 minutes, as the maggots are crawling out of their carcasses.

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**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-bees/680150/2 "2014-01-30T19:02:02Z")

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Zombees, surely.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-bees/680150/3 "2014-01-30T19:10:30Z")

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[Zombee]_Honnnnnn-eeeeeeeeeeeeey_[/Zombee]