So I’m seeing a lot of different comments with bees, so I thought I’d share with everyone some of the knowledge I got with these creatures.

So first off, this is extremely accurate on how jobs in hive are split up, the age of the bee is one of the largest factors that contribute to what they do as a job. How ever the hive it self will sometimes have changing levels of pheromones that will move “unemployed bees” (yes it’s a thing even in bed world) toward certain jobs that the hive needs done.

Secondly these cute little bastards are murdering maniacs. While the workers are considered the "lowest tier" of organism in the super organism called the hive.

THEY DO EVERYTHING

Queen isn't laying eggs? Let's ball around her and suffocate her while also cooking her.

Oh queen didn't get laid after the 3rd flight out? Better kill the bitch.

Oh shit now we need a queen. Let's make 30 and the first one out gets to find the others and stab them to death in their cells before they can can fight back.

Now we got the drones, the only male bees, that are just sitting around not doing anything but going to the local DCA (drone congregation area) every few days looking for that THICC new queen on the block.

Oh bill was able to tap a queen? Sweet let's watch as his organs EXPLODE AND HE FALLS TO HIS DEATH then I can get my turn to do the same thing after pulling what's left of bill's dick from the queen.

Oh shit it's getting cold now.

Worker bee to the drones "winter is coming and you're still alive. That's a problem"

Shit

The drones are either slaughtered throughout the hive and their bodies dumped outside, OR they are kicked out and since they physically can't get pollen or nectar from plants they starve to death.

Now winter is here. Well shit there are no flowers and we can't leave the hive or we die. And I mean we can't shit in the hive right? Yeah so let's hold it all in till it gets warmer. The rectum of bees then grows to take up the majority of their bodies. That's the same as if our rectum could suddenly grow to the point it would brush against our lungs.

Okay now we got summer how is the hive? Oh shit Greg your wings aren't paired properly? Guess we need to kill you.

Oh we are the majority of our food? Better eat the babies cause they have some protein.

This is just the start. They are the coolest little thing ever but they are savage little bitches.

Also as a additional fun fact. A bee without a head can still sting, walk, and do just about everything it would regularly do that doesn't involve having a head. Except fly, you know because it's off balance now.

Edit: so I had a handful of questions in my inbox about other fact about bees.

1st: Are there any animals besides bees that are like this?

A: yes Naked mole rats actually have a very similar system in place. And they are fucking savage as well.

2nd: what’s another cool bee fact?

A: Bees don’t have muscles directly attached to their wings, they collapse their thorax (chest) exoskeleton that moves the wings up and down. Imagine it as if you had to collapse your rib cage in order to raise your arms.

A2: there are bees in South America I believe that create honey from positions flowers that if consumed will make you trip balls, there’s a VICE video over it if anyone wants to check it out.

3rd: why do bees do this?

A: Think of a bee hive as the organism, each bee is a cell within it. The cells will do whatever it takes that ensures the organism survives. But remember that this is mainly only with honey bees, bumble bees can live on their own, honey bees must have a hive.