FfFfFfFF 58,120 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Scientists using highly sensitive vibration detectors have decoded honeybee queens' "tooting and quacking" duets in the hive. Worker bees make new queens by sealing eggs inside special cells with wax and feeding them royal jelly. The queens quack when ready to emerge - but if two are free at the same time, they will fight to the death. So when one hatches, its quacks turn to toots, telling the workers to keep the others - still quacking - captive. Dr Martin Bencsik, from Nottingham Trent University, who led this study, described the tooting and quacking of these "wonderful animals" as "extraordinary". "You can hear the queens responding to each other," he said. "It has been assumed that the queens were talking to other queens - possibly sizing one another up vocally to see who is strongest. Dr Bencsik said bee society was "absolutely splendid" to observe. "All decisions are group decisions," he said. Source Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Omg Bad Romance who??? The new Supreme has risen Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gag 22,449 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 But we've already known what two queens' duet sounded like since May? headspin, happiness, DE̤̣A̢̯͔̘T͏͙̗̟̫H̗̙͡ͅ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doot 2 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 That's actually really interesting. I can't wait for more research and stuff to come out that's gonna show more examples of animals singing and communicating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbylon 403 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Thank you for your threads they’re so amazing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brizoda 4,177 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 One of the Queens sounds like a duck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adarsh Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, brizoda said: One of the Queens sounds like a duck No she just posed for a duck-face selfie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice bear 1 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 carpenter bees make that noise when they're drilling through wood ice heard one side from above Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miel 15,009 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Bee communication is super cool. Sometimes I wish I studied them over fish. Sometimes. 3 points in and ready for more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daylight Jokers 14,958 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 We did it honeybee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,851 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Fight to the death? I thought multiple queens could exist at once. Or is that ants? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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