Posts Tagged: The Sting

Did You Miss the UC Davis-Based COVID-19 Symposium?

If you missed the UC Davis-based Third COVID-19 Symposium, headlined by Dr. Robert Gallo, not to worry. You can view it on YouTube...

Dr. Robert Gallo discussed vaccines at the UC Davis-based COVID-19 Symposium on June 3. (Screen shot)

Dr. Robert Gallo discussed vaccines at the UC Davis-based COVID-19 Symposium on June 3. (Screen shot)

Honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. offered his comments on whether bee sting therapy could be a treatment for COVID-19 patients. (Screen shot)

Honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. offered his comments on whether bee sting therapy could be a treatment for COVID-19 patients. (Screen shot)

Why Dead Bees Can Sting

Can dead bees sting? Yes, they can. Here's the scenario: Our pollinator garden is buzzing with the sights and sounds of honey bees.  Ah,...

A California scrub jay nails a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A California scrub jay nails a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The California scrub jay decapitates the honey bee, avoiding the abdomen with the stinger. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The California scrub jay decapitates the honey bee, avoiding the abdomen with the stinger. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is what was left of the honey bee from the photos above. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is what was left of the honey bee from the photos above. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

On UC Davis Picnic Day, scrub jays had a picnic of their own in the author's yard, decapitating honey bees, and leaving behind the abdomens. Note the stingers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

On UC Davis Picnic Day, scrub jays had a picnic of their own in the author's yard, decapitating honey bees, and leaving behind the abdomens. Note the stingers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

'The Sting' Revisited

Photographers are frustrated, and rightfully so, with all the thievery on the Internet. Like many other photos, "The Sting," is being used...

The Sting: A bee stings the wrist of Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen. That's the abdominal tissue trailing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Sting: A bee stings the wrist of Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen. That's the abdominal tissue trailing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

'The Sting' now has a life of its own and many are using it for their own commercial purposes: to profit from a photo that is not theirs.

'The Sting' now has a life of its own and many are using it for their own commercial purposes: to profit from a photo that is not theirs.

Why Do Honey Bees Die When They Sting

"Why do honey bees die when they sting?" That's the question PBS Newshour asked Extension apiculturist (retired) Eric Mussen of the UC Davis...

A honey bee embeds its stinger in the wrist of Eric Mussen and then tries to pull away. Note the abdominal tissue trailing. (This is an actual photo of a bee sting; it was not posed.) (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee embeds its stinger in the wrist of Eric Mussen and then tries to pull away. Note the abdominal tissue trailing. (This is an actual photo of a bee sting; it was not posed.) (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The bee has pulled away to die, leaving the stinger and abdominal tissue behind. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The bee has pulled away to die, leaving the stinger and abdominal tissue behind. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Stink Bugs Do It, Too!

"Birds do it," sang Ella Fitzgerald. "Bees do it..." "Even educated" (insert "stink bugs") "do it." But she didn't sing that; that wasn't part of...

Red-shouldered stink bugs mating. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Red-shouldered stink bugs mating. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Stink bug laying eggs on a guara stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Stink bug laying eggs on a guara stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of stink bug eggs on a guara stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of stink bug eggs on a guara stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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