Honeybee Stings & Flight in Slow Motion!

I filmed honeybees flying and stinging in high speed/slow motion to make some new observations about how bees work! Special thanks to the apiculture lab at NC State University for having me out for a day to film! You can check out their work here:

Thanks also to Jon Perry and the State Clearly YouTube channel for inspiring me to film honeybee stingers up-close and in slow motion. Check out their video about honeybee stingers here:

Check out the Ant Lab video about how ant stingers work, featured in this video here:

00:00 - Flight
02:38 - Stinging

[vickiferko]

This is a guy who just wants to know everything about insects !!! And pretty much figures it hours to get film of bees stinger in action. Incredible !!!

[wongowonga]

I can almost feel the effort the bees put in to flying when watching in slow motion. Quite the full body work out for the little fellas. Great footage.

[TheWildReportOfficial]

This footage is awesome! I'd never thought of the mechanics of venom delivery before, it's wickedly cool to see the moving parts in action.

[EyeSeeThruYou]

His curiosity and determination is benefitting viewers. I love this channel and learning about invertebrates here! ❤ 🐝 🐜 🦋 🪲

[GrouchyGander]

I hope we get to see other bees too. I mean, as you said, honeybees are very well-documented, but it'd be fun to see more solitary bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees and such even if they might be somewhat similar.

[turquoisewitch.wild-owl]

Thank you for taking the time to do this work. That was fascinating!

[dukethespider]

There is always something new to discover - absolutely adore your content.

[Naygen]

Another upload from the absolute best channel on this platform

[TheBestInsects]

2:22 THE LITTLE WIGGLES! THEY'RE SO CUTE I JUST CANT ❤😭
Also seeing them bump into each other in flight is funny!
Those stingers are honestly pretty scary! I didn't know the stingers move like that to dispense the venom.
I really love your videos ❤

[QuestionReason]

I love bees, and this was so cool. Thank you for your effort and thank you to the NCU Apiculture Lab!

[dianahellman]

Fascinating! The in-air bee collisions are surprising.

[nicholasseidel]

Thanks for not including unnecessary bee-roll.

[AphidKirby]

Never before captured footage!!!! You love to see it! Keep up the awsome work!

[B_humanpersondudeguy]

Thanks for doing a slo-mo vid on my favorite insect! ❤😊

[leeannschaffer]

That was A M A Z I N G🎉
Please keep exploding my brain.
I ❤ your videos!!

[dawnmichelle]

I love bees! This was a fun video, especially interesting to see the bees in flight

[yautjamerk]

Awesome footage ! Keep it going 😉
Have a nice day everyone !

[tracybowling]

You're so cool! Everything you do is so interesting! You worked hard and were so patient. Great job!

[EerilyDarkWatery]

Amazing video as always! Keep up the great work!

[CanalTremocos]

My south Iberian bees would be much more "eager" to pose for the venom shot. 😅