Ant
About the picture: This also goes for bees and wasps, but ants were my animal of choice for this picture.
Animal Lives
22nd October 2012
Community made Fan Art:
10 years ago #9277044
One could think of the ants as being hermaphrodite; the "males" being a reproductive organ, and "their" sperm being the Queen's.
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One could think of the ants as being hermaphrodite; the "males" being a reproductive organ, and "their" sperm being the Queen's.
10 years ago #9108759
This applies to honey bees as well. Nonfertilized eggs will develop into males. Since male bees (drones) are larger than their worker sisters, the queen will select larger cells in the honeycomb for laying nonfertilized eggs.
Bee keepers can prevent her from creating very many drones (since male bees are useless except as concubines) by using a small-cell honeycomb foundation in the frames of the hive to ensure they are far too small to support a developing drone cell.
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This applies to honey bees as well. Nonfertilized eggs will develop into males. Since male bees (drones) are larger than their worker sisters, the queen will select larger cells in the honeycomb for laying nonfertilized eggs.
Bee keepers can prevent her from creating very many drones (since male bees are useless except as concubines) by using a small-cell honeycomb foundation in the frames of the hive to ensure they are far too small to support a developing drone cell.
12 years ago #8564426
Also alot of animals are hermafrodites - Some can literally split down the middle and become two identical individuals, others can regenerate most of their body if they are split in half- or even more pieces because they have stemcells spread around on their body. Another version can create whole colonies of individuals that are linked (similar to splitting into 2, however they stay connected). Others can have sex with themselves, if no compatible mate is around.
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Also alot of animals are hermafrodites - Some can literally split down the middle and become two identical individuals, others can regenerate most of their body if they are split in half- or even more pieces because they have stemcells spread around on their body. Another version can create whole colonies of individuals that are linked (similar to splitting into 2, however they stay connected). Others can have sex with themselves, if no compatible mate is around.
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