Also: "Building honeycomb requires the construction of precisely hexagonal cells from slivers of soft material that emerge from the abdomen, the cells sized roughly to fit around a bee's body. For unknown reasons, this task involves forming hanging chains of bee workers..... Bess have to hold hands with their sisters, suspended in midair, while repair work continues around the clock."
- Lars Chittka (2022). The Mind of a Bee. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 10.
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Also:
"Building honeycomb requires the construction of precisely hexagonal cells from slivers of soft material that emerge from the abdomen, the cells sized roughly to fit around a bee's body. For unknown reasons, this task involves forming hanging chains of bee workers..... Bess have to hold hands with their sisters, suspended in midair, while repair work continues around the clock."
- Lars Chittka (2022). The Mind of a Bee. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 10.
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