In my early days of beekeeping (1950s), I caged thousands of queen
bees for sale but got stung only several times.  Never, to my
recollection, did a queen aggressively sting me.  I only got stung
when I handled one without due caution.  In other words, queens only
stung defensively.

                                                Adrian
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*   "... scientific exploits can prevail only if they have a seminal effect
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