Just the other day I was told by an entomologist that honeybee queens
had 2 barbs on every of her stinger bristles.
 
NISI APES FINIS
 
On Mon, 6 May 1996, Mason Harris wrote:
 
> Simple question.
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>  Does anyone have any ideas on why queens develop with a barbless stinger and
> workers have barbed stingers?
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