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Evolution: Here’s a scent released on death, go travel to it so you can also die.
I think I remember something about other insects that may get triggered to attack when one is killed. (I am not really sure though. It might have to be a stingy-type insect, but I couldn't Google anything about it.)
Honey bees release isoamyl acetate- banana runt flavor- when they sting
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoamyl_acetate#Natural_occurance
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_honey_bee_pheromones&diffonly=true#Alarm_pheromone
Sounds like some wasp shit to me. Maybe ants. I haven't looked any of this up, but that's my guess.
Bees do that. I once helped a bee keeper by holding a ladder so he could get the runaway queen out of a tree. There were so many bees, but i kept calm so they leave me alone. One of them stung me in my baseball cap and suddenly i had to book it, because all the vees were suddenly after me. I got stung like 5 times or so. I only later found the stinger and some bee ass in my hat later.
Also fun fact, getting stung in the eyelid is very uncool.