Honeybees are cuties. They make delicious honey, build cute adorable beehvies, and pollinate plants with their fuzzy legs and bodies. So why would such innocent-looking creatures evolve to die after stinging their predators? Why does self-defence have to be so terminal? Watch this to see why honeybees die after stinging.
00:00 Why do bees die after stinging?
00:32 The science of the honeybee stinger
01:22 Anatomy of the stinger: Barbed blades & venom injection
02:10 Why barbs make removal impossible
02:53 Sting autonomy: How the stinger rips off
03:48 Post-sting survival
05:16 Evolution of the stinger
06:13 Other self-sacrificing insects
07:35 Honeybees vs. wasps
08:49 Why honeybees evolved a single-use stinger
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Produced by Andres Salazar
Hosting and art by Danielle Dufault
Editing by Jason Byrne
Visual Research by Jan Aliño
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Examining the nature of the beast.
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