High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venom(arstechnica.com)
42 points by gumby | 8 comments
Ars Technica article on a study using high-speed video showing honey bee stingers use valves acting as collapsible pistons to pump venom.
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5 stories tagged entomology, newest first.
Ants that seem to defy biology – They lay eggs that hatch into another species(smithsonianmag.com)
454 points by sampo | 146 comments
Smithsonian magazine article on Iberian harvester ant queens that lay eggs hatching into both their own species and builder harvester ants, seemingly by cloning males.
Why do bees die when they sting you? (2021)(subanima.org)
320 points by ohjeez | 225 comments
A SubAnima article explaining at several levels of explanation why honeybees die after stinging, framed around Feynman's point about 'why' questions.
Why flying insects gather at artificial light(nature.com)
423 points by pseudolus | 158 comments
Open-access Nature Communications research article (2024) investigating why flying insects gather around artificial light sources.
Ants recognise infected wounds and treat them with antibiotics(uni-wuerzburg.de)
423 points by hhs | 138 comments
University of Würzburg news article reporting that Matabele ants detect infected wounds in nestmates and treat them with antibiotic secretions.