Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 21, 2012
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August 22, 2012
Transcript:
I'm out of here! When a queen vacates her beehive and leaves behind a breeding daughter as a successor, remaining worker bees will rebel by trying to produce their own young! Scince Otzi The Iceman was first discovered in 1991, after being buried in the ice of the Italian Alps for 5000 years, scientists studying him have discovered his cause of death, his last meal and even his entire genetic sequence! Killer whales are one of the few animal species whose females go through menopause and can live for decades after they can no longer breed!
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Jogger2 over 12 years ago
Since worker bees can’t reproduce, I confused as to what is actually being claimed.
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
Since the queen bee doesn’t go through menopause as the killer whale does, why does she vacate the beehive? :o)
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
We had an iceman when I was a little kid.
roscoedog55 over 12 years ago
Moma ain’t happy ain’t nobody happy.
guy42 over 12 years ago
The remaining workers rebel and try to make new queen(s) by feeding royal jelly to some of the pupa. Worker bees are infertile females.
Mostly Water Premium Member over 12 years ago
A killer whale with hot flashes and night sweats. My head hurts.
Stephen Gilberg over 12 years ago
When Otzi was announced, they estimated he was 4,000 years old, not 5,000.
Kathe over 12 years ago
Yikes! Wouldn’t want to be around a killer whale when it goes through menopause.
linsonl over 12 years ago
Couldn’t be much worse than my wife was.
wabeeman over 12 years ago
The situation described is called a swarm and is how honey bees propagate their species. There is no “rebeling”. Workers only lay eggs if their Queen quits laying or dies or, in this case, doesn’t get properly mated. The worker eggs are infertile so they only develop into infertile drones (males) thus ending the colony.