The Sting That Killed the Stinger
Every beekeeper knows the peculiar vulnerability of the honeybee. Unlike wasps or hornets, a honeybee can only sting once. Its barbed stinger lodges deep in...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Corinthians 15:55-57.
Every beekeeper knows the peculiar vulnerability of the honeybee. Unlike wasps or hornets, a honeybee can only sting once. Its barbed stinger lodges deep in the skin, and as the bee pulls away, the stinger rips from its abdomen, taking the venom sac and part of its digestive tract with it. The bee delivers its wound and dies in the act.…
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