The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #17761   Message #529364
Posted By: MMario
16-Aug-01 - 01:31 PM
Thread Name: Song Challenge! Part 3
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 3
Tune is Yesterday correct? Well done!

Did you know bees rip the wings off the drones and throw them out of the hive in the fall so they don't have to waste honey on them? And talk about matrilineal! A male bee does not have first generation male offspring - ever - only grandsons, great grandsons, etc...

Another piece of trivia - until she runs out of stored sperm ( a queen takes only 1 mating flight normally - but may mate multiple times during that flight - depending on species ) the production of female or male offspring is chosen by the queen...no guesswork - she knows what sex that egg is gonna be.