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High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venom
High-speed footage has shown for the first time how a honey bee's stinger works as a double-piston pump to inject venom. The mechanism, described by Ars Technica, explains how the barbed structure continues pumping after a sting. Readers are sharing the finding as a striking example of tiny-scale biomechanics.
Why now: The new research offers a novel, visually striking explanation of a familiar insect mechanism, drawing interest from science enthusiasts.
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