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Do bumble bees sting

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Only female bees and wasps can sting. The females of these species have a sharp, retractable needle-like stinger in the tip of the abdomen and connected to a venom gland. The stinger itself is a modified ovipositor (egg-laying tube), which is why only females have them.

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