You may know that a honeybee has a segmented abdomen that is very flexible due a series of overlapping plates. Where they meet, these plates slide effortlessly over each other as the bee bends. The odd thing about this is that where they rub, they appear to create no obvious friction or damage? Using a […]
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During the pandemic we followed advice to stay socially distant (unless we worked in Government, or were ambushed by cake). We did this to protect ourselves and those we care about from harm. It was logical, but hard and much maligned by folks with an axe to grind. It may help our collective recovery process
This text and photo was originally posted on Facebook on Easter Sunday, hence the subject matter. Did you know that the 13th century Italian theologian, Peter of Capua, referred to the risen Christ at Easter as “Apis, Aetherea” drawing upon on a long cultural tradition of religious veneration for the humble honey bee? While the
Evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin considered Parasitic Wasps to be just “so evil” that they were clear evidence that God was having a day off. Up close, the reproductive habits of these insects sound like a SciFi trope. (Imagine Alien (1979) only without the iconic “Facehuggers”). The females use an adapted sting mechanism to inject eggs,
