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Come springtime, bees that should be emerging young and rested are instead elderly and infirm, she said. They’re too old to care for younger bee generations, which in turn cannot care for the generations after them.

Who knew bees were that nurturing and baby bees were so needy? Are any insects really like that? They aren't mammals. Aren't they instinct-driven creatures?

[PeterPrinciple]

https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-03/honeybee-society/

A beehive buzzes with thousands of genetically similar female honeybees.

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it is the females