Idk how it works in Germany, but here only the first 3 days of sick leave are paid by the employer, after that it's the national welfare agency that pays.
Technically, today is Labor Day and I could have had it off, but I volunteered to work so I could take tomorrow off for doctor stuff.
So here in Italy you get 168 hours of holidays, which you have to schedule in agreement with your employer; then you also have 104 hours of leave, which you can take whenever you need to, and your employer cannot refuse them. At a previous job we also had, as a second level agreement over the national collective contracts, 10 hours of medical leave, which you could use for... doctor stuff.
edit: you don't HAVE to take your holidays, but most employers FORCE you to, because it's costly for them if you don't, they pay more taxes and may get fined
Round containers aren't ideal for transportation, for one. Square fits into square with no gaps. Hexagons fit together with no gaps but they don't fit into squares without gaps
Normal honeybees still wouldn't sting you. You'd have to get them pissed off first.