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I wonder if you can practice on non-study ants to perfect your painting technique. Unfortunately, it's hard to practice on worker bees as they'd likely sting the holder; making for painful practice sessions. We learned that the queen, while equipped with a stinger, is unlikely to use it on a lowly human; she'd much prefer to stick it into a rival queen. Oh, courtly politics. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEww6KYabnDggkQvKUvDJ2oO28bPeS4tpmooe_rMhzFmG7KMXeTpu8cxqAAO0VZQbOAtlKfljzRLuDbtrYPdZYJAKCkqt582Ogbmv_UyWOkmXzteGpvUAfTMvOLJDIwLLESZa/s400/00166b5b.jpg)
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