Thanks, Moose, although I’m appalled (naturally) at my assumptions of the
male/female work ethic. I promise to do better :-)
Chris
> On 6 Jun 2020, at 09:57, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 6/5/2020 10:59 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>> Well done, Jim! But it would have been a ‘he’ wouldn’t it? The only ’she’
>> is queening it in the nest, as I understand it :-)
> You need to read up a bit. All working honey bees are shes. The hes, drones,
> exist only to provide the queens with the vast amount of sperm she will need.
> Things are much the same with bumble bees.
>
> That's a pretty sloppy summary, but you can read the rest yourself, should
> you feel inclined.
>
> Bzzzzzz Moose
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