Honey bees make love in mid-air. Please dispel any notion that the act is
romantic. First off, a whole mob of
drones (boy bees) chase after the lone queen bee in the mating ritual. The drones are considered second-class
citizens in the colony and those that survive the mating ritual will eventually
be kicked out of the hive. In the frenzied mating rituals, a swarm of males
will follow the queen from the hive and out into the open air. When a particular drone feels frisky, he
might take a run at the queen. If
successful in catching the queen in mid-air, he will insert his penis inside
her. That’s where the real trouble
begins. An explosive climax will rupture
his penis and he will then fall to the ground and perish, tearing away from his
penis and leaving it inside the queen.
The queen will entertain multiple males before being
sated.
--Mitchell
Hegman
Another mystery of nature. Why do the drones have to die after mating, like the male spider dies after mating with the black widow? Interesting!
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