Got stung by a bee for the first time in years. I hope it wasnt the little guy I saved yesterday. I'm sure he didnt mean to sting me. Was my fault for not watching where I pot my arm.

@Absinthe I guess a sterile female is still a female yea :) fair

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@freemo I assume you are talking about honey bee. If the queen lays a fertilized egg it will be female. Her sterility is based on pheromones and the fact that she will have never had a mating flight, and her diet. Unfertilized eggs will make male (drones) which will not have a stinger. So, if she stung you, she is a she.
Just some bee biology for the morning. :)

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