If
you’ve ever wondered why honeybees tend to die after stinging someone
this picture says it all. In an incredible capture by Kathy Keatley
Garvey, a UC Davis Communications Specialist in the Department
of Enomology, we see a bee stinging a person’s arm and then attempting
to fly away as the stinger remains lodged in the victim. That trail of
goo you see? It’s actually the bee’s abdominal tissue. The remarkable
capture netted Garvey the first-place gold feature photo award in an
Association for Communication Excellence competition.
On the fortunate timing, Garvey said she was walking with a friend and a bee came close to him and started 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.
On the fortunate timing, Garvey said she was walking with a friend and a bee came close to him and started 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.
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