On 5/4/2014 3:25 PM, LizR wrote:
PS did I get that right about the queen being fed special stuff? My knowledge is also
badly informed on many things...)
It think she's fed the special stuff, "royal jelly", as a larva; so it would be hard
ascertain she "started as a normal worker" just by observation.
Brent
On 5 May 2014 10:24, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com <mailto:lizj...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Yes, good point. It seems likely to me that people would notice that there
was a
queen bee who laid all the eggs, and perhaps make some assumptions based on
that. If
they noticed that the queen started as a normal worker but was fed special
stuff to
make her into the queen... well, people weren't stupid in those days! (Just
badly
informed on many matters)..
In the interests of full disclosure, I should also quote the Bible.
Proverbs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Proverbs>, Chapter 6, verse 6:
"Go to
the ant, thou sluggard; consider *her *ways, and be wise".
Worker ants are indeed female... and they too have queens... but as you say
Samiya
needs to show that this couldn't be ascertained, or reasonably assumed, by
ancient
people before he makes any claims about it being provided by divine
inspiration
(which I assume is his aim).
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