This video shows the motion of a honey bee abdomen at a frequency of 500 frames per second. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

What’s left of the bee, you ask? A gaping hole at the bottom of the abdomen. If you’re understandably feeling sympathetic to the honey bee, rest assured that this only happens to female honey ...

I learned recently that due to the structure of their stingers, honey bees die ... by bursting open its own abdomen. When this happens, poisonous fluids flow from the bee’s body into the entry ...