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minus-squareMajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 days agoI always kind of hoped they pooped the wax out like spider’s silk.
minus-squareTheoriginalthon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·2 days agoI assumed it was like cream separating from milk, only wax from honey, but to be fair I have never really thought about it much
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 day agoI thought they regurgitated it into the honey combs.
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-218 hours agoThey do, but in order for them to regurgitate, they first must gorge upon it. They eat it, chew it up and spit it out in the shapes necessary (planar, cylindrical, or otherwise).
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoI hoped they pooped it out their legs like Spiderman
I always kind of hoped they pooped the wax out like spider’s silk.
I assumed it was like cream separating from milk, only wax from honey, but to be fair I have never really thought about it much
I thought they regurgitated it into the honey combs.
They do, but in order for them to regurgitate, they first must gorge upon it. They eat it, chew it up and spit it out in the shapes necessary (planar, cylindrical, or otherwise).
I hoped they pooped it out their legs like Spiderman