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still totally off-topic
In lugnet.loc.au, David Drew writes:
> > A bee question...
> > Dave Australian native bees don't sting, correct ?
> > Do they counsel their attackers or are threats to them limited ?
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> Unlike humans, 'cease and desist' letters from high-priced lawyers work
> remarkably well in the bee world, probably due to the highly structed nature
> of their societies. If hostilities do commence, AVO's have proved to be
> useless, since queens have been generally characterised as 'women'. This
> also accounts for the low lego-purchasing among bee colonies.
Maybe this could solve our Aus Lego shortage. Grind up all the ugly unsellable
sets, mix them with pollen, put it out the front of some hives, harvest new
bricks when the bees build their comb. Possible problems: not sure how
stringent quality control is in the insect world, getting all the wax out of
the bricks.
> > What do they think of all the Europeans in the country ?
>
> According to my best sources, they are currently undergoing 'reconciliation'
> dances, with a lot of figure-eight work. European bees, in a spirit of
> harmony, have withdrawn to either non-native trees, or to purpose-built bee
> homes. All native trees are now considered the exclusive property of the
> native bees, though both European and Japanese bees regularly take
> coach-tours to see their ancient honey-making ways.
Two points:
1. Stingless bees do actually have ritualised dances (corroborees?). They take
place when the queen lays eggs. It's speculated that the dances sublimate a
conflict between the queen and the workers over who gets to lay eggs.
2. Stingless bee hives do represent a more ancient form of construction.
Although honeybees didn't evolve directly from stingless bees, the stingless
bees have (in my opinion) retained a less highly refined form of building.
--dave
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