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TIL male Orchid Bees collect fragrances solely for the purposes of olfactory display to woo females; they are the only species known to do this. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure humans do this as well.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think they mean bee species.

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What if I identify as a bee-person?

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would that make the rest non-beenary?

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Most of the people, yes, but there surely remain some bee-curious individuals.

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Start a gofund me you bee-utiful person! 🐝

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

sBeecies*