Subj : Re: Cancel Culture stupid
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Tue Nov 01 2022 16:27:20

On 01 Nov 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> > He portrayed drone bees as apathetic to the health of the hive.
 MP> Yes, in the case of this echo.

Nope. Aaron stated that as a fact about bees and then, in the case of this
echo, claimed that they were also subversive.

 MP> Unlike other bees, drones may be somewhat apathetic.  They are only bred
 MP> by the workers for mating with the queen. I have never had any
 MP> impression that they contribute anything else to the hive and, once one
 MP> is chosen to mate, the others are killed and, IIRC, the one that mates
 MP> is also killed once that is over.

Their act of mating is for the good of the hive. If they were apathetic, they
would not mate. If they were acting in their own interest, they would not
mate and be subsequently killed.

 MP> I doubt they have much time for caring about the health of the hive.

Caring for the health of the hive is hard-wired into their DNA. All of their
insticts serve the health of the hive. Survival of the species and all that.

Jeff.

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