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Bees go through four stages of development. The queen lays an egg, which hatches into a larva (which has no sting). The larva is fed and grows, then turns into a pupa, and after a few days a full-sized adult bee emerges from the pupal cell. Although the newly-emerged adult has a sting, its venom glands don't develop until it is about 17 days old. Any bee you see flying will have a fully functioning sting because they don't leave the hive for about the first three weeks of their lives.

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