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    How did it never occur to me to ask where bee’s wax comes from?

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      I mean, it’s right there in the name: beeswax, its own word.

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        I don’t know what I was expecting exactly but it wasn’t little wax scales coming from their abdomen

        • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
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          I always kind of hoped they pooped the wax out like spider’s silk.

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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

          • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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            I hoped they pooped it out their legs like Spiderman

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        Well it’s not like it’s called beeswaxoutoftheiryuckysegmentedbody so we still have some room for imagination duh

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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      U & me both

  • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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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.

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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      It’s not like you ain’t got glands

    • tomenzgg@midwest.social
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      Definitely the latter, for me; something about segmented holes just grosses the absolute Hell out of me.

      • deltapi@lemmy.world
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        I’ve got bad news for you about woolen fabrics…

        • tomenzgg@midwest.social
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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.

  • don@lemmy.ca
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    What’ll really bake your noodle later on is the wax is made from honey.

    • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
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      I mean, the whole bee is, if you think about it

      • Jimbabwe@lemmy.world
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        If you want to make a bee from scratch, you must first invent the universe

        • BanMe@lemmy.world
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          It’s bees all the way down

    • Nindelofocho@lemmy.world
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      I never really thought about it but bees are fuckin weird

    • blazeknave@lemmy.world
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      👋😬

      Hi. So… how do bees work? Eli5

      • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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        First they go to the unembeeployment office to see where they’d benefit the hive

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    I never thought about it, but beeswax is kinda disgusting, basically ass-grease :P

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      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.

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        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.

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          You’ll probably hate this song then

          Roxette - Milk And Toast And Honey

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    It looks like one side of this bee is clogged

  • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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    I always though they puked it up

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    Hey man, let them live their lives. Mind your own bees wax… It’s not your wax, it’s the bees wax.

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    Very hairy for a beeswax producer.

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      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.

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    He should use Head & Shoulders, will clear that right up.

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    Eww

    • potoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.world
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      Yeeeeah. Blech. No offense, bees, but keep that shit private.

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    how many burgers is one lb?

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      you do know what quarter pounder means right?

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        It means bigger than a third pounder, right?

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      just one

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    Gross, but also neat

  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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    Gimme some honey and comb on vanilla ice cream

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