Comment on I am definitely a bird me personally

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Traditionally birds = women because they make nests

  Bees = men because they pollinate.

  Please do disregard the fact that bees make hives/nests AND birds pollinate

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  • DancingBear@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    99% of bees are female

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    • prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Right, but it’s a metaphor not a science experiment

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      • DancingBear@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Right, but male birds are usually the “pretty” ones because they have to impress the females with their display, and bees are all female, so it seems like a terribly inaccurate metaphor, if we can even call it that

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  • Starstarz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s impossible for me to forget that all bees (& wasps & ants) are order HYMENOPERTA, literally named for them being 99% virgin females

    So I am totally stumped.

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    • Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hymen means membrane. -ptera is wing. They have membranous wings, and no carapace like beetles. Not named due to virginity.

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    • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hymenoptera* 🤭

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bees fly around carrying the “sperm” of one plant to another.

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  • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Worker bees are female. Male bees only hang around the queen for sex.

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• db2@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do you give out quests to worthy adventurers?

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• human@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Image

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• Sanctus@anarchist.nexus ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Then I believe you have a key and are good either way

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