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Does the queen sting and lay eggs with the same body part?

April 26, 2017body eggs lay queen sting

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Does the queen sting and lay eggs with the same body part?

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Yes, other than its use to deposit eggs in the center of an empty cell, the queen bee’s stinger secondary function is inject other competitive queens with venom in order to eliminate them. The bee’s stinger is a modified ovipositor, which developed in to a defensive mechanism.