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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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Hymenoptera* 🤭

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shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Bees fly around carrying the “sperm” of one plant to another.

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