Colonies fed with the enriched diet were more likely to continue rearing brood up to the end of the three-month period, whereas colonies on sterol-deficient diets ceased brood production after 90 days.

Uhh m not crazy right, that's the same thing?

[–] adj16@lemmy.world 73 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I’m with you, it’s confusing. But I think what it means is this:

The study ran for 90 days. Non-sterol bees had stopped doing bee sex by then. Sterol bees were doin it all the way up to the end of the 90 days - and then the study ended. We can therefore assume they wanted to continue having freaky beedsm sex for even longer.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I could begrudgingly accept that, if that's what is it was

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Some were observed brooding for up to 12 weeks!

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago

Amateurs, I've been brooding for years!

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I laughed. Thank you

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 days ago

one group continued to the end of the study period, the other group had stopped by the same time

or, one group stopped doing a thing, and the other group didn't show signs of stopping

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Gotta be AI bullshit. But I'm reading it as, group A never stopped while group B stopped breeding at the end of the period.

[–] meliante@lemmy.pt 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why in hell is poorly written text "AI bullshit" now? An LLM would probably write that in a clearer way.

Were articles irreprehensibly written up to 3 years ago?

Fuckin old men of Restelo!

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

For me it's because the study is dated August 2025. Everything after November 2022 is suspect.

[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago