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. > > > Does anyone have any ideas on why queens develop with a barbless stinger and > workers have barbed stingers? > > > > Mason D. Harris (\ > Department of Audiology {|||8- > San Mateo County Office of Education (/ > [log in to unmask] >