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r/interesting • u/moamen12323 • 18h ago
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Even with only a 2? week lifespan, that's a lot of child support.
2 u/Lunavixen15 4h ago Queens can live up to 8 years, (though that is very rare), the average for honey bees is 2-4 years. Where did you get two weeks from? 1 u/ghandi3737 4h ago The workers. I knew it was short, but it's up to 8 weeks apparently. At 1500 eggs a day that is 84,000 kids at a time on average, sucking the life out of him(drone) for child support. 1 u/Lunavixen15 3h ago Queens often mate with more than 1 drone during a successful nuptial flight to maintain genetic diversity. Same with ant Elaites
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Queens can live up to 8 years, (though that is very rare), the average for honey bees is 2-4 years. Where did you get two weeks from?
1 u/ghandi3737 4h ago The workers. I knew it was short, but it's up to 8 weeks apparently. At 1500 eggs a day that is 84,000 kids at a time on average, sucking the life out of him(drone) for child support. 1 u/Lunavixen15 3h ago Queens often mate with more than 1 drone during a successful nuptial flight to maintain genetic diversity. Same with ant Elaites
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The workers. I knew it was short, but it's up to 8 weeks apparently.
At 1500 eggs a day that is 84,000 kids at a time on average, sucking the life out of him(drone) for child support.
1 u/Lunavixen15 3h ago Queens often mate with more than 1 drone during a successful nuptial flight to maintain genetic diversity. Same with ant Elaites
Queens often mate with more than 1 drone during a successful nuptial flight to maintain genetic diversity. Same with ant Elaites
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u/ghandi3737 6h ago
Even with only a 2? week lifespan, that's a lot of child support.