How Do Bee Stingers Work? Stated Clearly

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Discover the fascinating complexity of honeybee stingers under an electron microscope, and learn how they work to defend the hive. This video explores the intricate structure and function of a bee's stinger, comparing diagrams to actual footage and high-resolution images. Uncover the details of the venom delivery system and how it enables bees to protect their colony. Although honeybees are gentle creatures, their stingers pack a powerful punch that can cause intense pain or even be deadly in rare cases. Get ready to appreciate one of nature's most amazing weapons!
Special thanks to the scientists who advised on this animation:
Nancy Miorelli www.scibugs.info/about
István Mikó colsa.unh.edu/person/istvan-miko
Big thanks to Professor MYM who stopped to film himself after getting stung so we could use the footage in this video. You can find his stock videos here: www.pond5.com/artist/profmym476
Corrections:
In the video, I say Mel means honey in Latin, and claim that's why the fear of bees is called "Melissophobia." While Mel does mean honey in Latin, I'm told the term "melissophobia" actually came from the Greek word "mélissa," meaning bee. It's likely that Latin and Greek have similiar words because they both come from a shared Indo-European language ancestor.
Sources:
(Book, 1910, Free) THE ANATOMY OF THE HONEY BEE | Snodgrass, R. E.
thebeeyard.org/wp-content/upl...
(Paper, 2015, Free) Structures, properties, and functions of the stings of honey bees and paper wasps: a comparative study
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
(Paper, 2011, Free) Sting microsculpture in the digger wasp Bembix rostrata (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)
www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Keywords: Bee Stinger, Honeybee, Electron Microscope, Venom, Structure, Function
#stinger #honeybee #anatomy

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@cortster12 Жыл бұрын

The craziest part is how this is a modified reproductive organ.

@StatedClearly Жыл бұрын

Spoiler alert! The next episode where I talk about how stingers evolved doesn't come out until next month, but here's an article for those who can't wait: www.statedclearly.com/articles/evidence-for-evolution-in-your-own-backyard/

@cortster12 Жыл бұрын

@StatedClearly Looking forward to it! Your videos are always a treat, and I'm particularly excited for this one.

@BierBart12 Жыл бұрын

Convergent evolution with cats' barbed reproductive organs

@crysosisback7115 Жыл бұрын

@@BierBart12 Some bees other than japanese do "try" to do this, but doesn't achieve a temperature able to "cook" a hornet, nor wasps It's incredibly specific, it just reaches enough to kill it, it's not by a huge margin, and it thus takes a bit of time to work

@b1laxson Жыл бұрын

So they used to mate with a one use pokey pokey that rips out after breeding? Harsh one night stands.

@thaiandi Жыл бұрын

I am a biology teacher and backyard beekeeper. I have been imaging stingers with a light microscope to show how wonderful they are. This description has added so much more richness. What wonder our world has for us to discover. Thank you for leading us deeper.

@ogi22 Жыл бұрын

My grandpa was a beekeper and a teacher. When i was a little kid, although my grandpa died, we still had 5 bee hives in our garden, so i was really lucky to accompany my dad and grandma when they tended the bees. It was amazing to watch them (bees) and learn. To this day i find them amazing and i'm always happy to see more information especially this quality. And finding exactly the same thing my dad tought me - bees are usually peaceful. They don't like to give their lives in vain. So if you don't bother them, they will not bother you. Oh, a small exeption... when they are about to swarm, they are not so merciful. Once i had that unpleasant meeting with them, when i wanted to show my cousin how they bring pollen to the hive... And we went back home running and screaming, each with a few of their stingers in our backs 🤭 There is however one information of a bee stinger that i was tought and i didn't see it in this movie. Those barbs react to temperature. They "open up" when they enter a warm blooded creature (especially those with a taste for that sweet honey). So that stinger is much more likely to be left under a skin of someone like human or a bear.

@deedoubs Жыл бұрын

>how wonderful they are You've got issues my dude.

@mayganphynix8267 Жыл бұрын

Bees are the reason why we have the majority of food that we do. It’s amazing that tiny creatures seeming insignificant are so important to our survival. That’s the case with the whole ecosystem but bees are especially awesome.

@ChenLiYong Жыл бұрын

This comment sort of rhymes. ❤

@flokibhai2.0 Жыл бұрын

And still we ignore our creator 😭 the only one almighty

@dogyoutubedog Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the guy who sting himself just for the video

@StatedClearly Жыл бұрын

He's a professor! You can find links to his work in the video description.

@AristasTheMonsterHunter Жыл бұрын

Let's also thanks the bee that died for this video.

@StatedClearly Жыл бұрын

It was stock footage I bought from the professor, so the bee died for someone else's video long before, but I did re-buy it, so I suppose I'm guilty of supporting the death of the bee.

@pyropulseIXXI Жыл бұрын

A bee stung my balls once; it was an ancient Chinese treatment to enlarge my sac

@grantyentis5507 Жыл бұрын

@@AristasTheMonsterHunter that bee was also a professor, suffering from suicidal depression, so everyone got what they wanted.

@MrBendybruce Жыл бұрын

This video randomly reminded me of a nature program I watched a few years ago. A Bee colony was under attack by giant wasps, and it wasn't going well for the bees, until the wasps started entering the hive. At that point the bees covered the invading wasps and then literally cooked them to death, by generating a massive amount of heat through vibration. EDIT Not Wasps, Giant Hornets

@bevgordon7619 Жыл бұрын

I have seen a video like this, too. I also remember they used infra red filming to show the heat cooking the hornets. Commentary mentioned how it was such a fine measurement between killing the hornet but not the bees.

@RougemontForge Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the European honey bee does not do this, only the Asian honeybee balls up and cooks wasps.

@nicolehegarty4749 Жыл бұрын

I have seen videos like that too. It is scary and awesome at the same time etc. Lol.

@hydroids Жыл бұрын

Hornets are big wasps

@MrGriff305 Жыл бұрын

It's funny how hippies view nature. In reality, it's so very brutal.

@alexdian3831 Жыл бұрын

I was amazed at how easily I understood the concept and mechanisms of the stinger with the animated diagram and colour-coded electron-microscope photo. I wondered briefly why we don’t see more of it around, then I realised that it must take forever to make. But I guess once it is made it can teach people forever… thanks for making such an important teaching tool

@stevess7777 Жыл бұрын

Well put! It's certainly worth putting the effort into making sure others can learn.

@FrozenMermaid666 9 ай бұрын

Honey bees can free themselves in about 30 seconds to one minute if ppl don’t swat at them and don’t make them want to leave - if one moves or swats at them, they will fly off and the stinger will be stuck, and they will páss because of it, so if one gets stung, one should just wait and not move until the bee frees herself without losing the stinger!

@Ninja_Reborn Жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation, it's incredible how complex the mechanism behind a simple bee sting is. Thank you for your work Jon, you have earned my support!

@flowerstreetfarmbees Жыл бұрын

Great stuff! As a beekeeper(stung twice today!) and a teacher, I appreciate this on several levels.

@agustinfranco0 Жыл бұрын

hey, would you mind if i ask, what should you do if you get stung by a bee? remove it as fast as possible?, apply X remedy to wound? etc

@flowerstreetfarmbees Жыл бұрын

@@agustinfranco0 Yes pull out immediately, less venom pumped in body.

@agustinfranco0 Жыл бұрын

@@flowerstreetfarmbees thank youuu

@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful Жыл бұрын

Doesn't your protective equipment stop stings? Also, when a bee stings your ppe, do their stingers get stuck in the fabric? I know that traditional bee keeping kills SOME bees every time you pull out racks, but how many typically die? I'm interested in beekeeping myself. Looking at going with the flo-hive or something like it. I love these insects and could spend hours watching them do their thing.

@flowerstreetfarmbees Жыл бұрын

@@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful I don't wear gloves. I handle frames better that way. I also don't react much to stings, so it doesn't bother me much. It actually helps with arthritis in hands and wrists

@Danoz_die_wreckt Жыл бұрын

This is incredible. My jaw literally dropped when I saw your diagram. Thankyou for making your incredible shows. Time will tell with your talent.

@phoenixyoder5729 Жыл бұрын

Jaw dropped here too. Hung open too long. Consider me anazed

@wayne4714 Жыл бұрын

You are seriously underrated man, this should have millions of views!

@JakeWitmer Жыл бұрын

It probably will if he gets on Twitter and tweets things like "Have you ever wondered how complex a honey bee stinger is? Fully explained!" + link

@ofcv1238 Жыл бұрын

This has to be one of the most under valued videos on YT. It is great for all ages; educational with great narration & color. Perfect tempo and time for careful study AND drifting off to sleep. Amazing

@The1stDukeDroklar Жыл бұрын

What an amazing piece of bio-mechanical engineering. It even has a tongue n groove setup to act as a seal and a guide. FASCINATING! Edit: Yes, you should be proud. These are the best animations to clearly show how the stinger works that I have ever seen... subscribed.

@zeemgeem Жыл бұрын

I love how much the connections between the seperate parts of the stinger resemble common solutions used in things we assemble ourselves to keep moving parts together. I have to wonder if we were inspired by, or just happened to come to the same solutions nature did?

@davidarnold9870 Жыл бұрын

I can't agree more! I did a presentation on a topic known as bio-mimicry in school, and learned so much from it! Everything from improving wind-energy from studying whale fins to gathering more water in arid regions from the Namibian Fog Basking beetles just fascinated me! We have so much to learn from nature; she's had a few millennia head start on us 😂

@justacathittingjuul9645 Жыл бұрын

Some of the things in engineering are actually just copied from nature. Its called Biomimicry. I watched a video about it on how they used it on making Trains a bit quieter.

@8kayydub8 Жыл бұрын

I got stung in the face and I was in shock at how such a little thing could cause such immediate and intense pain.

@abcdefvxyz4324 Жыл бұрын

This is incredible. Both the mechanism and the diagram. Very good work!

@RainofLight Жыл бұрын

You have no idea how educational all of this is, it is a great service to the people to have things explained to them through means other than words

@wildlifewarrior2670 Жыл бұрын

Oh he knows

@ubahfly5409 Жыл бұрын

Blown away by this presentation. Instant subscribe.

@corbechupacabra Жыл бұрын

Welp. This is my first video of yours that I've watched and you've instantly earned my subscription.

@edcasey3850 Жыл бұрын

I'm a beekeeper and I approve this message.

@MarkJoseph-vv4pj 4 күн бұрын

My word. Watching the video from beginning to end, this is the most comprehensive and concise explanation of how a female honey bee's stinger works. The author understands the details without losing sight of the big picture. Great video.

@danielduvana Жыл бұрын

When I learned about why only female bees have stingers I was so amazed. It’s so cool and makes so much sense from an evolution perspective. Love it!

@jacobostapowicz8188 Жыл бұрын

Evolution doesn't make any sense without a Conscious agent doing work on the system

@godnyx117 Жыл бұрын

Why?

@danielduvana Жыл бұрын

@@godnyx117 You'll have to wait for StatedClearlys next video to find out I guess haha

@ayman8423 Жыл бұрын

All this and you still think from an evolution perspective, I feel sorry about u

@danielduvana Жыл бұрын

@@ayman8423 I understand that you don't believe in evolution and that you may even feel sorry for me because I do. However, I want to respectfully share my perspective on this topic. For me, evolution is a beautiful and amazing way of looking at the world. It helps me understand the diversity of life and how it has changed and adapted over time. The scientific theories and evidence behind evolution are fascinating and have expanded my knowledge of the world around me. Furthermore, the evidence for evolution is simply overwhelming. From the fossil record to genetic studies, the evidence supports the idea that organisms change and adapt over time. This isn't just a theory, but rather a scientific consensus that has been supported by a vast amount of evidence. I don't want you to feel sorry for me because I believe in evolution. Instead, I encourage you to explore the evidence and consider the amazing insights that evolution can provide.

@MrKino101 Жыл бұрын

Man, you are an inspiration, im a PhD student in Immunology, But if I were doing my PhD in Zoology or similar field, I would be gladly recommending your videos for my students

@wolf7115 Жыл бұрын

Really high quality video. I've discovered that I apparently have that bee phobia since I felt uneasy the entire 9 and a half minutes.

@cola326 Жыл бұрын

This channel is a gem !

@mRibbons Жыл бұрын

This answers one if those questions I've asked but never looked up. Its more gnarly than I ever would have imagined!

@CammyWammy0313 Жыл бұрын

This is my first time finding your channel and I fell in love! The way you describe the content and take the care to create such detailed animations is top notch! I’m looking forward to future content and the pleasure of getting to view all your past videos now

@ch0c0la8boy Жыл бұрын

This was an amazing content And beautifully done by the Narrator

@os2171 Жыл бұрын

I’m a PhD candidate studying honey bees and bumble bees olfactory visual and multimodal integration capabilities and neuromodulation during associative learning and memory tasks. Bees are indeed the most fascinating organisms super complex. Your work only adds to such amazement! Congratulations! Keep on the great work! Cheers from a colleague in Bogotá, Colombia!

@tasogarerubica Жыл бұрын

Wow this is a testament to why I adore educational content on youtube.

@sciencenerd7639 Жыл бұрын

Yet another phenomenal video from Stated Clearly. Thanks, I am looking forward to more.

@koslouk Жыл бұрын

Yes "mel" is latin for honey but actually the word "melissa" is Greek for honeybee and the word "meli" was used as far back as ancient Greece meaning "honey". Hope this was informative and helpful. Great work on this video!

@StatedClearly Жыл бұрын

You are correct, I added that in the video description.

@jacobtapianieto9655 Жыл бұрын

And in Spanish we call honey "Miel".

@macrozone Жыл бұрын

this is absolutly amazing, i had no idea!

@fuseblower8128 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this fascinating video. It put the half an hour of burning agony and cursing into a wholly different light :)

@grantyentis5507 Жыл бұрын

Great video! When i was a young boy and bees were plentiful, I would study everything about them from behavior to anatomy. The stinger was always a subject of great interest. I would extract a stinger and observe it functioning under a magnifying glass and realized it had its own short life outside of the bee. One time I just barly made contact with a living stinger and noticed it crawling to full depth into my finger. This video confirmed the nature of my suspicions and taught me a few more thing i didnt know. Excellent job!

@stuartabel5710 Жыл бұрын

That is one of the best things I have ever seen on the Internet - Thank you

@fsj197811 Жыл бұрын

Wow, who knew?! That's an impressive piece of engineering that mother nature came up with. Thanks for sharing.

@SecularMentat Жыл бұрын

Another, very high quality creation of Stated Clearly. Keep up the good work. This is amazing.

@dakshbadal7522 Жыл бұрын

Haven't subscribed to a channel this quickly. This is such high quality content! I would love more videos about the mechanisms of animal functioning.

@bravoman1797 5 ай бұрын

I could not be prouder to have such an incredibly brilliant brother. This explanation is so cool and makes perfect sense once it’s broken down like this. Your ability to explain in easy to digest bits is a gift very few possess.

@BeeBrained-PS99 Жыл бұрын

Liked, commented, and subbed... at almost exactly 5 minutes in due to the sheer quality of the information being provided. Well, freaking, done. This is how you teach people.

@dee6561 Жыл бұрын

Interesting! Surprised this video doesn't have a million views with all these high quality animations, to be honest.

@snosah7571 Жыл бұрын

Holy crap. Horrifyingly beautiful.

@TheParentalJourney Жыл бұрын

Impeccable! As a homeschooler who just got stung after handling a piece of honey comb handed to me, and then trying to explain what just happened to my two boys, aged 5 and 7, this was a first class presentation. I will be exploring other videos in the hope of finding continued class in a world where its not easy finding quality for homeschooling. The diagrams, animations, use of language, introduction to new terms and photoshop touches were great, brother. Well done and thank you, kindly. Subscribed!

@rodrigoappendino Жыл бұрын

1:18 When that happened to me, I felt the pain inly at the moment of the sting. It didn't feel like the venom kept being injected.

@dadikkedude Жыл бұрын

I did a jungle trek in Laos and we had to pass under a bee nest hanging from a fallen tree. Being close to it didn't effect the bees at all. But for three of our group of eight people who got scared as soon as they had to cross underneath one bee attacked. It's like they feel you're scared. Everyone that was relaxed didn't get stung.

@thebadboy7681 Жыл бұрын

Impressive

@nikolinakokasa Жыл бұрын

Such a small piece of action yet the science involved behind this is massive! Thankyou for the animation. Loved it!💕

@Inertia888 Жыл бұрын

It is absolutely beautiful. And I bet one day, humans will be able to use this as a model to develop a less invasive medicine delivery system.

@nikolinakokasa Жыл бұрын

@@Inertia888 that's a good point you made!

@reezo4290 Жыл бұрын

After being stung by one a couple weeks ago, I have so much more respect for these little creatures. So glad I stumbled upon this video.

@Robert_Byland Жыл бұрын

Beautifully animated and brilliantly explained!

@freesk8 Жыл бұрын

Wow, great diagrams and explanation! Thanks!

@pontiuspilatus7900 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Exceptionally well explained and illustrated.

@jcol3000 Жыл бұрын

Such a fantastic video, man! The animation is 👌

@eHanlinWilliam Жыл бұрын

This video simply amazing. On a weird note, your videos on bee actually inspired me to believe human can also make sacrifices for each other.

@LettersAndNumbers300 Жыл бұрын

Don’t sacrifice yourself.

@elio7610 Жыл бұрын

I'll prepare the candles and inform the other cult members.

@Abdulla_Izrailyevich_von_Stahl Жыл бұрын

>> human can also make sacrifices for each other.

@JakeWitmer Жыл бұрын

One can only imagine how inspired you'll be when you discover the Aztecs. 😂

@thamirivonjaahri6378 Жыл бұрын

I always loved bees and they are one of few insect (or insect-like) species along with European ladybugs and small spiders which I allow even to crawl on my hand. Just don't make sudden moves, don't swat them, don't poke their hive with anything and you should be totally fine for them unless there is a history. Funny that even with their short lifespan, subsequent generations seem to remember past transgressions somehow.

@jimtoomey9522 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant ! Thank you for the best animation and description I’ve seen ! Thank you for your efforts. Subscribed.

@danielmichalski2436 Жыл бұрын

I applaud the quality of your video! Excellent!

@vdub7090 Жыл бұрын

Really impressive and very informative. Liked and subbed! I love finding channels like this, but this one seems special.

@TheGiulioSeverini Жыл бұрын

What an amazing and really well done video. Kudos to you, creator!

@PPYTAO Жыл бұрын

Awesome and super interesting video, some really beautiful footage, photos and the animations you created were amazing!

@DrRizvi-sq9wq Жыл бұрын

So beautifully made .......Fantastic and waiting for more from you .Thanks

@ModestMang Жыл бұрын

This video makes me think that certain inventions are unavoidable…like nature made a amazing blue print for a pump system inside a bee stinger….. wow!

@g.e131 Жыл бұрын

The Lord thought of everything when creating, it's crazy awesome.

@andy_huang Жыл бұрын

Im so impressed that even a little tiny thing but still composed by delicate, complicated and well-fuctioning parts. Oh my mother nature.

@jean-francoiskrebs1589 5 күн бұрын

Wow ! I am really impressed at the work put in this video, and the incredible mechanism it describes.

@J.D.Vision Жыл бұрын

Great job on the diagram, and congratulations! Loved the video!

@Gen-XTex 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for that detailed illustration and explanation! 👍👍

@180XT Жыл бұрын

Wow. So fascinating. Thank you for making such interesting content. In just this video, you've earned my subscription

@jeppeflner5280 Жыл бұрын

SPLENDID WORK! Love this!!!

@tilongatao Жыл бұрын

Now this is truly exceptional content. Thank you so much!

@pyropulseIXXI Жыл бұрын

In 2nd grade, during PE, a bee would always come over and land on me. It was my bee friend. I just assumed it was the same bee every time, since it was so consistent

@lemagicbaguette1917 10 күн бұрын

That is the cutest thing I have heard all day :)

@Paruthi.618 Жыл бұрын

omg.. thanks for making such awesome and detailed video

@dominiklukacs7677 Жыл бұрын

Good job on the diagram!

@samuelrodriguezrivera6856 Жыл бұрын

Unreal!! Thanks for creating this video

@derekdilger2117 Жыл бұрын

this is the only channel i actually have notifications enabled for.

@JMKats89 Жыл бұрын

Wow you are such a good teacher. Ive always wondered how this works. You sir just gained another follower. Well done

@rkvkydqf Жыл бұрын

It's fascinating to see evolution do such wonderful bits of engineering. Sure, it may have poor grip on overall architecture and some implementation details, but it sure does sometimes create some wonderful solutions to the fitness function.

@pooterist 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant stuff. I started beekeeping this year, having caught my first swarm. Despite wearing a complete bee safety suit - and almost completely zipping everything up, I received 20 stings in one session. Apparently, I was doing it at the wrong time (just before darkness) too, so I chalk this up to be a learning experience. I've had a half dozen additional lessons since then - I must be a slow learner. Still, these creatures are truly fascinating. Seeing this video, explaining how the sting mechanism works only adds to that fascination. Thanks, I

@NithinJune Жыл бұрын

Your diagram is Praiseworthy!!

@FilterYT Жыл бұрын

Wow, that was amazing! Thank you John.

@benstokes3377 Жыл бұрын

This video is so well made, it held onto my attention from the very first second

@freesoftwaretalk 5 ай бұрын

Congratulations and thank you. I was impressed on how this is both very clear to a nine year old, and state of the art science. (not to mention also aesthetically pleasing)

@corleonis888 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing, sends shivers down my spine (such a geek...) - thank you!

@j.d.d.80 Жыл бұрын

you SHOULD be proud of that diagram. Well done.

@kerravon4159 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Really amazing stuff.

@mikejowan3340 Жыл бұрын

Incredibly fascinating. You have earned yourself a sub

@Financeification Жыл бұрын

You do great work 👍

@travisbicklejr Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your hard work. Phenomenal video.

@toanthai Жыл бұрын

Fascinating! Great video!

@guillerminarodriguez9549 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the amazing diagram and explanation. I practice Apitherapy (treating with bees) and I sting myself with 15 - 20 bees every other day. I have healed myself of arthritis, sinusitis and other minus health problems. Thank you again for this video.

@Posimistic Жыл бұрын

Video so good I subbed to your Patreon

@dionysis_ Жыл бұрын

Melissa (Μέλισσα) is bee in Greek 🙂

@nesterenhanm5155 Жыл бұрын

I saw the video on a newspaper's website, it's really interesting. Thanks. 👍👍

@nafiaus Жыл бұрын

this video was amazing the art was phenomenal too! you did an amazing job describing the bee stinger, I know a little more than I want to about it now lol