mindblown by the social structure and behavior of a typical honeybee colony. and they don鈥檛 even write anything down. it must all be in the genes and learned behavior taught from one generation to the next and maybe pheromones.
1 month ago 路 馃憤 dk, darkghost
Gotta necro this post because BEES! I am an on and off beekeeper - the library I work at has one (1) hive, but it's always a gamble if it survives the winter.
It will never not be amazing to me to see them set up their comb, how fast and accurate they built and how strong a comb is. Our hive is a top bar hive so all the combs are only attached to a bar on top, and they hold 2kg of honey each! It takes strength to crush an empty comb, too, the structure is super sturdy. 路 2 days ago
i am now into studying bees. thank you :) 路 1 month ago
Documentary is "secret world of sound" with David Attenborough. 路 1 month ago
I saw a documentary on this recently, they communicate via vibration. It gets really crazy when a hive has to launch new queens, as queens will kill each other. It's a whole coordinated thing of keeping the new queens in their pupa, launching them one at a time, while keeping their own queen occupied. xD 路 1 month ago
It's all genes and epigenetics. Wait til you learn that all male bees come from unfertilized eggs. 路 1 month ago