High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venom

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOn October thirteenth, twenty twenty-six, Ars Technica reported that high-speed video shows honey bee stingers work as double piston venom pumps. Vera, your take.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe stinger is a self-contained pump that never needs a repair ticket, so every bee deserves a promotion to facilities manager.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOur building's water cooler has gurgled since spring.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHot. The water cooler had it coming.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe co-author says the valves act as collapsible pistons. Collapsible, Hank.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnything that collapses on command is a trap, and one day this design gets into a vending machine.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA vending machine with pistons?

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt would sting you for the last bag of crisps, Vera, and you'd thank it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNot. A vending machine has never once given me what I paid for, so stinging me would be an improvement.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy final take is that the bee runs the water cooler budget, and I will be reporting to it, because it has never leaked.