Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 21, 2012
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Transcript:
I'm out of here! When a queen vacates her beehive and leaves behind a breeding daughter as a successor, remaining worker bees will rebel by trying to produce their own young! Scince Otzi The Iceman was first discovered in 1991, after being buried in the ice of the Italian Alps for 5000 years, scientists studying him have discovered his cause of death, his last meal and even his entire genetic sequence! Killer whales are one of the few animal species whose females go through menopause and can live for decades after they can no longer breed!
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Since the queen bee doesn’t go through menopause as the killer whale does, why does she vacate the beehive? :o)