cm0002@libretechni.ca to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoI am definitely a bird me personallylemmy.mlimagemessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1356cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1356imageI am definitely a bird me personallylemmy.mlcm0002@libretechni.ca to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square65linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·2 months agoTraditionally birds = women because they make nests Bees = men because they pollinate. Please do disregard the fact that bees make hives/nests AND birds pollinate
minus-squareStarstarz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoIt’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.
minus-squareEufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoHymen means membrane. -ptera is wing. They have membranous wings, and no carapace like beetles. Not named due to virginity.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBees fly around carrying the “sperm” of one plant to another.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoWorker bees are female. Male bees only hang around the queen for sex.
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
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.
Hymen means membrane. -ptera is wing. They have membranous wings, and no carapace like beetles. Not named due to virginity.
Hymenoptera* 🤭
Bees fly around carrying the “sperm” of one plant to another.
Worker bees are female. Male bees only hang around the queen for sex.