cm0002@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoBillionaire Sunjay Kapur has died after swallowing a bee at a polo matchpeople.comexternal-linkmessage-square322linkfedilinkarrow-up1982arrow-down114cross-posted to: news@hexbear.net
arrow-up1968arrow-down1external-linkBillionaire Sunjay Kapur has died after swallowing a bee at a polo matchpeople.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square322linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@hexbear.net
minus-squareklu9@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·3 days agoAn obedient drone serving the monarchy? Cry me a river!
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoIn bee and ant societies, all decisions are made by adult workers through chemical voting. (Queens, larvae and drones don’t get a vote, though.)
minus-squareklu9@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoTIL that. Thanks. Now reading up on eusociality in hymenopterans.
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An obedient drone serving the monarchy? Cry me a river!
In bee and ant societies, all decisions are made by adult workers through chemical voting. (Queens, larvae and drones don’t get a vote, though.)
TIL that. Thanks. Now reading up on eusociality in hymenopterans.