The stinging action of honey bees versus paper wasps

Slow motion of 1) a honey bee thrusting out its sting, 2) a paper wasp thrusting out its sting, 3) a paper wasp spinning and bending its abdomen and thrusting out its sting, 4) a honey bee inserting its sting into PDMS bulk and 5) a paper wasp inserting its sting into PDMS bulk. The original research can be accessed at http://bio.biologists.org/content/ear....

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