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Why do honey bees have stingers?

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Its really very hard to answer "why" questions about nature. Every animal has evolved to fit into its habitat. Why do honey bees have stingers? For defense of the hive. Why do bees have stingers while most insects don't? We don't know, it just happened that way, and it works for them!

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