Barbs Facilitate the Helical Penetration of Honeybee (Apis mellifera ligustica) Stingers

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Jianing Wu,

Affiliation Division of Intelligent and Biomechanical Systems, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China
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Shaoze Yan ,

* E-mail: yansz@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Affiliation Division of Intelligent and Biomechanical Systems, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China
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Jieliang Zhao,

Affiliation Division of Intelligent and Biomechanical Systems, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China
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Yuying Ye

Affiliation Division of Intelligent and Biomechanical Systems, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China
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