I knew the bees had to be secreting wax somehow. But I always imagined it to be some kind of secondary oral process. Instead they really use... specialized pores under the segments in their thorax?
Now I don't know which version grosses me out more.
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You know where the honey comes from?
It's not like you ain't got glands
Apparently a strong hive can have a colony of around 60,000 bees, so 500000/16 = 31250 bees, meaning it's possible, albeit unlikely because not all bees work the same, but it is almost theoretically possible for a big colony to make 2 lbs a day then.
Assuming flakes and scales are the same thing as well.
Eww
It looks like one side of this bee is clogged
How did it never occur to me to ask where bee's wax comes from?
‘Cause it’s nunya
I mean, it’s right there in the name: beeswax, its own word.
I don't know what I was expecting exactly but it wasn't little wax scales coming from their abdomen
I always kind of hoped they pooped the wax out like spider's silk.
I hoped they pooped it out their legs like Spiderman
I assumed it was like cream separating from milk, only wax from honey, but to be fair I have never really thought about it much
I thought they regurgitated it into the honey combs.
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I don't know why, but this grosses me out so much.
Yeah it looks really disgusting, like it's shitting soft teeth
Fuckin bee eczema 🤢
What a terrible day to know how to read.
oi you didn't need to put that image out there in the world
you could have just kept that to yourself
CORN
It's basically the same thought that occurred to me, so it wouldn't have been contained.
Nobody needed to share that picture of bees making wax, either. 😩 We've all had our share of trauma from this post.
I don't remember any bee wax secretion picture
What’ll really bake your noodle later on is the wax is made from honey.
I mean, the whole bee is, if you think about it
If you want to make a bee from scratch, you must first invent the universe
It's bees all the way down
Calm down Sagan.
Whoa hey now, you're not going to get me to think that easily
Mostly pollen actually. The honey is just the fuel.
Sort of like how the spit in your mouth, the tears in your eyes, the snot in your nose, etc is primarily made of filtered blood.
Evolution does not create from nothing, it repurposes and modifies what's on hand.
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Hi. So.. how do bees work? Eli5
First they go to the unembeeployment office to see where they'd benefit the hive
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How many flakes in a scale?
Hey man, let them live their lives. Mind your own bees wax... It's not your wax, it's the bees wax.
Everyone should mind their beesness.
It was right there and it flew right by me.
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If you spread that stuff on wood or leather, it'll last forever.
TIL beeswax is pretty cheap. I typically use shellac on stuff that is indoor and low wear, Looks like beeswax is cheaper and about as easy to apply.
Fun fact: shellac is an insect product too
He should use Head & Shoulders, will clear that right up.
Gimme some honey and comb on vanilla ice cream
how many burgers is one lb?
you do know what quarter pounder means right?
It means bigger than a third pounder, right?
🇬🇧 - It means it costs 25 pence, or £0.25.
'ow many shekels is that?
You mean a Royale with Cheese?
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just one
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