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Queen bees emerge from special wax chambers

48 pointsby gmaysyesterday at 9:31 PM4 commentsview on HN

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skyberrystoday at 12:23 AM

The chemicals in their nearby environment are what make the embryos develop into Queen bees. It makes one wonder what sort of nearby chemical environments do to human embryo development.

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slicktuxtoday at 12:58 AM

I’ve always wondered what or how queen bees were made. It’s almost as they were a different insect.

dlev_pikatoday at 12:52 AM

Fascinating. Sharing with a beekeeper friend, thank you