cm0002@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoBillionaire Sunjay Kapur has died after swallowing a bee at a polo matchpeople.comexternal-linkmessage-square329linkfedilinkarrow-up1995arrow-down115
arrow-up1980arrow-down1external-linkBillionaire Sunjay Kapur has died after swallowing a bee at a polo matchpeople.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square329linkfedilink
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-up1·2 days agoTIL that. Thanks. Now reading up on eusociality in hymenopterans.
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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.