PS did I get that right about the queen being fed special stuff? My knowledge is also badly informed on many things...)
On 5 May 2014 10:24, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, good point. It seems likely to me that people would notice that there > was a queen bee who laid all the eggs, and perhaps make some assumptions > based on that. If they noticed that the queen started as a normal worker > but was fed special stuff to make her into the queen... well, people > weren't stupid in those days! (Just badly informed on many matters).. > > In the interests of full disclosure, I should also quote the Bible. > > Proverbs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Proverbs>, Chapter 6, > verse 6: "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider *her *ways, and be wise". > > Worker ants are indeed female... and they too have queens... but as you > say Samiya needs to show that this couldn't be ascertained, or reasonably > assumed, by ancient people before he makes any claims about it being > provided by divine inspiration (which I assume is his aim). > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
