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minus-squareTheoriginalthon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 day 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-215 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).
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).