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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (4 children)

My dad was a bee keeper before his health started to decline. My favourite bee anatomy fact?
The fuzzy bit on their back legs that collects pollen....they're called Pollen Pants.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

They also have a special little notch in their front legs for combing pollen off of their antenna

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

Ahem......squeeeeeeeeee! 😍😍😍

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

And now it is also my favorite bee anatomy fact!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

High fives for Pollen Pants?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol. Look at his pollinated pantaloon.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

She's so cute with her little fluffy pollentaloons!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think my favorite part is how they communicate to other bees where the honey is.

They do an interpretive dance.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's my favourite behavioural bee fact. Bees are just downright awesome!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Beehavioural even?

I'll show myself out...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Fuck me....it was right there!

Glad you caught it, I'm ashamed of myself....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Not to presume someone's gender, but that's a she. She's a hard worker. So you know, boy honey bees don't even collect pollen or nectar. They also don't protect the bee hive or care for the young. Boy bees are the meaning of lazy. Most hives will only have a few percent of boys in summer, but when it gets cold they get booted from the hive and die and they don't make any more boys until next spring.