High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venom

gumby 44 points 10 comments October 14, 2026
arstechnica.com · View on Hacker News

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> Honey bees are known to leave their stingers embedded in tender flesh once they sting you and fly away This is an accident of our physiology as honey bees sting other species multiple times, just like a wasp can to us. They don’t except to rip in half or end their life when they sting us. This is not an adaptation specifically ensuring group survival, it is a tragedy exclusive to encountering mammals near the hive.

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