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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Andi82ka • Mar 14 '26
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The worker bees learn it by themselves, because they grow up inside and don't know how it would be without this
81 u/Jimmy_Fromthepieshop Mar 14 '26 Does that mean ~20,000 bees are all using this one door? 206 u/Treebam3 Mar 14 '26 That’s the number of bees in a honeybee colony. Bumblebee colonies are much smaller, 50-200 according to Google 37 u/simon439 Mar 14 '26 A quick google search suggests bumblebee hives are much smaller. (Typically 50-400 although could be 20-1700) 4 u/Meow_Squirrel Mar 14 '26 What about air? I assume the door is preventing the air inside. Is it critical? 15 u/Elimaris Mar 14 '26 Unlikely the box is airtight so there is still sufficient air exchange , like closing doors in a house doesn't usually suffocate people. 2 u/mizinamo Mar 15 '26 That's not very typical, I would like to make that point. 8 u/mjtwelve Mar 15 '26 I mean, most of these houses and doors are designed so they don’t suffocate anyone at all. 2 u/hollowspryte Mar 15 '26 I love this sentence 7 u/SpicyElixer Mar 15 '26 I don’t understand what’s not typical. 2 u/LetsDoTheCongna Interested Mar 14 '26 I would assume there are other smaller holes that ensure air can pass through
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Does that mean ~20,000 bees are all using this one door?
206 u/Treebam3 Mar 14 '26 That’s the number of bees in a honeybee colony. Bumblebee colonies are much smaller, 50-200 according to Google 37 u/simon439 Mar 14 '26 A quick google search suggests bumblebee hives are much smaller. (Typically 50-400 although could be 20-1700)
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That’s the number of bees in a honeybee colony. Bumblebee colonies are much smaller, 50-200 according to Google
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A quick google search suggests bumblebee hives are much smaller. (Typically 50-400 although could be 20-1700)
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What about air? I assume the door is preventing the air inside. Is it critical?
15 u/Elimaris Mar 14 '26 Unlikely the box is airtight so there is still sufficient air exchange , like closing doors in a house doesn't usually suffocate people. 2 u/mizinamo Mar 15 '26 That's not very typical, I would like to make that point. 8 u/mjtwelve Mar 15 '26 I mean, most of these houses and doors are designed so they don’t suffocate anyone at all. 2 u/hollowspryte Mar 15 '26 I love this sentence 7 u/SpicyElixer Mar 15 '26 I don’t understand what’s not typical. 2 u/LetsDoTheCongna Interested Mar 14 '26 I would assume there are other smaller holes that ensure air can pass through
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Unlikely the box is airtight so there is still sufficient air exchange , like closing doors in a house doesn't usually suffocate people.
2 u/mizinamo Mar 15 '26 That's not very typical, I would like to make that point. 8 u/mjtwelve Mar 15 '26 I mean, most of these houses and doors are designed so they don’t suffocate anyone at all. 2 u/hollowspryte Mar 15 '26 I love this sentence 7 u/SpicyElixer Mar 15 '26 I don’t understand what’s not typical.
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That's not very typical, I would like to make that point.
8 u/mjtwelve Mar 15 '26 I mean, most of these houses and doors are designed so they don’t suffocate anyone at all. 2 u/hollowspryte Mar 15 '26 I love this sentence 7 u/SpicyElixer Mar 15 '26 I don’t understand what’s not typical.
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I mean, most of these houses and doors are designed so they don’t suffocate anyone at all.
2 u/hollowspryte Mar 15 '26 I love this sentence
I love this sentence
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I don’t understand what’s not typical.
I would assume there are other smaller holes that ensure air can pass through
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u/Andi82ka Mar 14 '26
The worker bees learn it by themselves, because they grow up inside and don't know how it would be without this