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Old 07-24-2012, 10:39 AM   #1
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July 24, 2012 - RIP Mr. Bee


THE HONEYBEE’S FINAL STING

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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.

An opportune time came for Garvey to capture this photo when she was walking with a friend and a bee came close to him and starting 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.

The images represented the progression of the sting, but the most interesting part was that the bee's abdominal tissue that lingered behind, she said.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/13/455...#storylink=cpy
Photograph by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Thanks to Twisted Sifter for posting this image.
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Old 07-24-2012, 10:44 AM   #2
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Awesome. That's an outstanding picture!
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Old 07-24-2012, 11:03 AM   #3
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story in the sacremento bee. cute.
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Old 07-24-2012, 01:24 PM   #4
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Wow! Great catch.
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Old 07-24-2012, 01:51 PM   #5
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Old 07-24-2012, 02:10 PM   #6
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I've always known that when a bee stings it dies - it's something I've passed on to my (non-allergic) children, so they understand that a sting is not the end of their world and not likely to be undertaken lightly.

But that photo is great.
If you can call any death-by-unravelling-intenstine photo great.

Nasty way to go.
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Old 07-24-2012, 05:18 PM   #7
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http://chuckpalahniuk.net/features/shorts/guts/

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This story should last about as long as you can hold your breath, and then just a little bit longer. So listen as fast as you can.
Not a story for the squeamish, but...
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Old 07-24-2012, 06:35 PM   #8
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Not a story for the squeamish, but...
A word to the wise . . .

I'm trying to decide at what age I should have my sons read this . . .
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Old 07-24-2012, 07:05 PM   #9
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That is some story
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Old 07-24-2012, 07:06 PM   #10
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Not a story for the squeamish, but...
Yeah, Wolf posted that a few years ago. I thought it sounded familiar then I got to the pearl diving part.
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Old 07-24-2012, 07:50 PM   #12
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Old 07-24-2012, 08:07 PM   #13
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Um. Ew.
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Old 07-24-2012, 11:59 PM   #14
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You do have to admit "Pearl diving" takes guts.
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Old 07-25-2012, 06:15 AM   #15
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Bee picture is lame.

I can imagine that idiot, the late Mr. Garvey, "The rattlesnake's buzzing tail got more strident - so he took out his camera and fiddled." Who hangs around to see someone stung?
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