Slow-Motion Video Shows a Honeybee Stinger Keeps Pumping Venom After It Is Torn From the Bee’s Body

Nature World News | 15.10.2026 14:10
A honeybee stinger does not stop working when the bee flies away. New high-speed video shows the tiny barbed organ, left behind in the skin, continuing to drive itself deeper and pump venom on its own, powered by a pair of valves that behave like miniature pistons.