Jun 14, 2012
Why bees die after stinging — Flying away pulls their guts out
Kathy Keatley Garvey, who works in the Department of Entomology at UC Davis and is a huge fan of honey bees, recently captured this one-of-a-kind shot of a bee right after stinging…
From The Sacramento Bee…
An opportune time came for Garvey to capture this photo when she was walking with a friend and a bee came close to him and starting buzzing in a high-pitch. She said that’s normally a telltale sign that a bee’s about to sting, so she readied her camera and snapped four photos.
The images represented the progression of the sting, but the most interesting part was that the bee’s abdominal tissue that lingered behind, she said.
“As far as I know, nobody’s been able to record anything like this.”
Also, a tip of the hat to the nameless gent who said, “There’s a bee about to sting me. How about I stand still while you take a picture. For science.”
(via Reddit)
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From the Sacramento Bee?
‘Bee’ is the new buzz word.
Somehow the thought of having bee guts on me is worse than the thought of the sting.
Oh yeah, screw the guys health, lemme get my camera out instead of shooing this bee away.
“Also, a tip of the hat to the nameless gent who said, ‘There’s a bee about to sting me. How about I stand still while you take a picture. For science.’”
Or to get in her pants. Cause let’s face it, guys will do just about anything…
As Meatloaf said ” I won’t do THAT!”
I assume you are speaking from experience, so you obviously need some different male friends.
SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :O
Thankfully it appears monsanto has just bought the right to kill the rest of the bees they haven’t already done away with via their gmo madness..
http://mlatrader.com/?p=59
That guy should count his lucky stars he isn’t allergic. Getting stung for Science is very humble. Being allergic and getting stung for Science is just plain stupid.