I don’t know what I was expecting exactly but it wasn’t little wax scales coming from their abdomen
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
on 10 Oct 20:29
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I always kind of hoped they pooped the wax out like spider’s silk.
Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world
on 10 Oct 20:57
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I assumed it was like cream separating from milk, only wax from honey, but to be fair I have never really thought about it much
TachyonTele@piefed.social
on 10 Oct 22:39
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I thought they regurgitated it into the honey combs.
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
on 11 Oct 15:41
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They do, but in order for them to regurgitate, they first must gorge upon it. They eat it, chew it up and spit it out in the shapes necessary (planar, cylindrical, or otherwise).
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
on 11 Oct 03:52
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I hoped they pooped it out their legs like Spiderman
Fact check me, but isn’t honey just bee vomit? Like it’s a little bit digested nectar, no? So knowing that beeswas was is not spit or puke equivalent is less gross to me.
LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world
on 11 Oct 07:29
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Me too, real “Thanks, I hate it”
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk
on 11 Oct 23:02
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Apparently a strong hive can have a colony of around 60,000 bees, so 500000/16 = 31250 bees, meaning it’s possible, albeit unlikely because not all bees work the same, but it is almost theoretically possible for a big colony to make 2 lbs a day then.
Assuming flakes and scales are the same thing as well.
user1234@lemmynsfw.com
on 11 Oct 00:43
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I guess you can say it’s a small scale operation
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
on 11 Oct 00:46
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I knew the bees had to be secreting wax somehow. But I always imagined it to be some kind of secondary oral process. Instead they really use… specialized pores under the segments in their thorax?
Now I don’t know which version grosses me out more.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
on 11 Oct 03:52
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It’s not like you ain’t got glands
Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 11 Oct 06:34
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Ey gril, can I get a peak at them glands?
~I prefer adrenal by thyroid also works in a pinch.~
ook@discuss.tchncs.de
on 11 Oct 04:56
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Haha; I think the wool’s too fuzzy and not rigid enough to bother me. I’ve been trying to get more into the fiber arts in the last few years, too, so definitely not a problem that I’ve noticed.
Almost definitely; I don’t know if there’s a degree that’s necessary to qualify as I can still look at it without breaking eye contact (though I hate it). But I have a deep desire to rip that shit up the entire time; deeply repulsive, whatever the reason. Honeycombs don’t bother me, though; I dunno.
Any female bee in the hive will go through all the jobs available depending on their age. The bees you see flying around are at the end of the life cycle. Bees make wax from days 12 to 18. By the time they go foraging they are 21+ days old and no longer have the fuzziness of youth.
Wikipedia has some actually useful units regarding it’s production.
The new wax is initially clear as glass and colorless, becoming opaque after chewing and being introduced with pollen by the hive worker bees, becoming progressively yellower or browner by incorporation of pollen oils and propolis. The wax scales are about three millimetres across and 0.1 mm thick, and about 1100 are needed to make a gram of wax. Worker bees use the beeswax to build honeycomb cells. For the wax-making bees to secrete wax, the ambient temperature in the hive must be 33 to 36°C.
The book Beeswax Production, Harvesting, Processing and Products suggests one kilogram of beeswax is sufficient to store 22 kg of honey. Another study estimated that one kilogram of wax can store 24 to 30 kg of honey.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
on 11 Oct 10:16
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But is a flake the same as a scale? Bad explanation.
Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works
on 11 Oct 12:06
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How many bee jackets to make a tube of all natural chap stick?
kazerniel@lemmy.world
on 11 Oct 14:42
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I never thought about it, but beeswax is kinda disgusting, basically ass-grease :P
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How did it never occur to me to ask where bee’s wax comes from?
I mean, it’s right there in the name: beeswax, its own word.
I don’t know what I was expecting exactly but it wasn’t little wax scales coming from their abdomen
I always kind of hoped they pooped the wax out like spider’s silk.
I assumed it was like cream separating from milk, only wax from honey, but to be fair I have never really thought about it much
I thought they regurgitated it into the honey combs.
They do, but in order for them to regurgitate, they first must gorge upon it. They eat it, chew it up and spit it out in the shapes necessary (planar, cylindrical, or otherwise).
I hoped they pooped it out their legs like Spiderman
Well it’s not like it’s called beeswaxoutoftheiryuckysegmentedbody so we still have some room for imagination duh
Bees bodies are beautiful.
U & me both
‘Cause it’s nunya
What’s nutya?
Nunya beeswax
He should use Head & Shoulders, will clear that right up.
Hey man, let them live their lives. Mind your own bees wax… It’s not your wax, it’s the bees wax.
Everyone should mind their beesness.
Back in my day, minding your own beesness was the bee’s knees!
It was right there and it flew right by me.
What’ll really bake your noodle later on is the wax is made from honey.
I never really thought about it but bees are fuckin weird
I mean, the whole bee is, if you think about it
Mostly pollen actually. The honey is just the fuel.
Whoa hey now, you’re not going to get me to think that easily
If you want to make a bee from scratch, you must first invent the universe
Calm down Sagan.
It’s bees all the way down
Sort of like how the spit in your mouth, the tears in your eyes, the snot in your nose, etc is primarily made of filtered blood.
Evolution does not create from nothing, it repurposes and modifies what’s on hand.
I don’t know how I feel about this new revelation
👋😬
Hi. So… how do bees work? Eli5
First they go to the unembeeployment office to see where they’d benefit the hive
Weird bee teeth, tooth fairy origins?
I don’t know why, but this grosses me out so much.
Yeah it looks really disgusting, like it’s shitting soft teeth
oi you didn’t need to put that image out there in the world
you could have just kept that to yourself
Nobody needed to share that picture of bees making wax, either. 😩 We’ve all had our share of trauma from this post.
I don’t remember any bee wax secretion picture
It’s basically the same thought that occurred to me, so it wouldn’t have been contained.
CORN
What a terrible day to know how to read.
Fuckin bee eczema 🤢
eczebeema
Fact check me, but isn’t honey just bee vomit? Like it’s a little bit digested nectar, no? So knowing that beeswas was is not spit or puke equivalent is less gross to me.
Me too, real “Thanks, I hate it”
It’s setting my trypophobia off for sure.
Gross, but also neat
If you spread that stuff on wood or leather, it’ll last forever.
TIL beeswax is pretty cheap. I typically use shellac on stuff that is indoor and low wear, Looks like beeswax is cheaper and about as easy to apply.
Fun fact: shellac is an insect product too
Just out here rubbing bug goo on plant corpses, guess we’re weirder than the bees
how many burgers is one lb?
Seven bald eagles and three units of freedom
you do know what quarter pounder means right?
🇬🇧 - It means it costs 25 pence, or £0.25.
'ow many shekels is that?
I haven’t got a penny. Will a ha’penny do?
still depends on if they’re the same pound, there are a few to chose from
You mean a Royale with Cheese?
It means bigger than a third pounder, right?
just one
How many flakes in a scale?
How about a morsel? A chunk?
It looks like one side of this bee is clogged
Damn, I somehow thought, that they made it with their mouth or something. Now I can’t stop wondering what that feels like.
Gimme some honey and comb on vanilla ice cream
Eww
Yeeeeah. Blech. No offense, bees, but keep that shit private.
Apparently a strong hive can have a colony of around 60,000 bees, so 500000/16 = 31250 bees, meaning it’s possible, albeit unlikely because not all bees work the same, but it is almost theoretically possible for a big colony to make 2 lbs a day then.
Assuming flakes and scales are the same thing as well.
I guess you can say it’s a small scale operation
I knew the bees had to be secreting wax somehow. But I always imagined it to be some kind of secondary oral process. Instead they really use… specialized pores under the segments in their thorax?
Now I don’t know which version grosses me out more.
It’s not like you ain’t got glands
Ey gril, can I get a peak at them glands?
~I prefer adrenal by thyroid also works in a pinch.~
You know where the honey comes from?
Easy, stored in the bee-balls, that’s why they’re called BBs.
Definitely the latter, for me; something about segmented holes just grosses the absolute Hell out of me.
I’ve got bad news for you about woolen fabrics…
Haha; I think the wool’s too fuzzy and not rigid enough to bother me. I’ve been trying to get more into the fiber arts in the last few years, too, so definitely not a problem that I’ve noticed.
Trypophobia?
Almost definitely; I don’t know if there’s a degree that’s necessary to qualify as I can still look at it without breaking eye contact (though I hate it). But I have a deep desire to rip that shit up the entire time; deeply repulsive, whatever the reason. Honeycombs don’t bother me, though; I dunno.
Very hairy for a beeswax producer.
Any female bee in the hive will go through all the jobs available depending on their age. The bees you see flying around are at the end of the life cycle. Bees make wax from days 12 to 18. By the time they go foraging they are 21+ days old and no longer have the fuzziness of youth.
Wikipedia has some actually useful units regarding it’s production.
But is a flake the same as a scale? Bad explanation.
How many bee jackets to make a tube of all natural chap stick?
I never thought about it, but beeswax is kinda disgusting, basically ass-grease :P
And honey is more or less vomit if you want to think about like that.
Then again, if you do, remember that your cafe latte is also just boob fat and protein with some bean juice.
Yea, I’m vegan, so I’m mindful of milk and honey (and yes, they’re disgusting), just never really thought about what process wax exactly came from.
You’ll probably hate this song then
Roxette - Milk And Toast And Honey
They probably also hate that animal agriculture is required for permaculture. But they hate a lot, so the song is just a little bit
I always though they puked it up