On 5 May 2014 13:21, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/4/2014 3:25 PM, LizR wrote: > > PS did I get that right about the queen being fed special stuff? My > knowledge is also badly informed on many things...) > > It think she's fed the special stuff, "royal jelly", as a larva; so it > would be hard ascertain she "started as a normal worker" just by > observation. >
That blows that theory out of the water. So could ancient people have known, or surmised, that worker bees were female somehow? Or should we ascribe it to divine inspiration? -- 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.
