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Honey bees are considered beneficial social insects because they pollinate flowering plants and produce honey. However, the sterile female worker bees possess stingers and use them to defend their colonies.T  More information on honeybees is available at Texas A&M's Honeybee Web site.

Honeybee. Photo by W. Sterling.
Honeybee(=honey bee)
Photo by W. Sterling.
Africanized honeybee (l) compared to European honeybee. TAE file photo.
AHB vs. EHB.
TAE file photo.
Honeybee stinging. TAE file photo.
Honeybee stinging.
TAE file photo.
Bee stinger removal. Photo by Mike Merchant.
Bee stinger removal.
Photo by Mike Merchant.
Honeybees swarming. Photo by J. Thomas.
Honeybees swarming.
Photo by J.Thomas
A honeybee nest in a drain. TAE file photo.
Honeybee nest in drain.
TAE file photo.
Honeybee nest in wall void. Photo by B. Sparks.
Honeybee nest in wall void.
Photo by B. Sparks.
Honeybee swarm. TAE file photo.
Honeybee swarm.
TAE file photo.

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