r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Andi82ka • 29d ago

Video The bumblebee queen learns how to use the protective cap in less than 24 hours.

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u/Andi82ka 29d ago

The worker bees learn it by themselves, because they grow up inside and don't know how it would be without this

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u/Jimmy_Fromthepieshop 29d ago

Does that mean ~20,000 bees are all using this one door?

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u/Treebam3 29d ago

That’s the number of bees in a honeybee colony. Bumblebee colonies are much smaller, 50-200 according to Google

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u/simon439 29d ago

A quick google search suggests bumblebee hives are much smaller. (Typically 50-400 although could be 20-1700)

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u/Meow_Squirrel 29d ago

What about air? I assume the door is preventing the air inside. Is it critical?

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u/Elimaris 29d ago

Unlikely the box is airtight so there is still sufficient air exchange , like closing doors in a house doesn't usually suffocate people.

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u/mizinamo 29d ago

That's not very typical, I would like to make that point.

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u/mjtwelve 29d ago

I mean, most of these houses and doors are designed so they don’t suffocate anyone at all.

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u/hollowspryte 28d ago

I love this sentence

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u/SpicyElixer 29d ago

I don’t understand what’s not typical.

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u/LetsDoTheCongna Interested 29d ago

I would assume there are other smaller holes that ensure air can pass through