A quick follow up to my previous rant on Seinfeld’s Bee Movie. The movie is getting so-so reviews. And Dana Stevens of Slate picks up on the “Hey! Worker bees aren’t male!” issue (though not on the actual fate of honeybee males.) While waiting for a non-biologically-egregious bee movie, I’m going to read Clan Apis.
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Actually the sources you’re citing only truly reference the European Honey bee. Other varieties – African & various Indian / Asian varieties – have somewhat varying roles and fates for the the different “castes” of bees within the hive.
Thanks jololan. I don’t know much about insects and it’s always good to learn more. And it would be AMAZING to see what horrors Dreamworks would wreak on bee social structure if the bees were African or Indo-asian. There would probably be a lot more emphasis on the wiggle-dance. :>)
LOL!
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Yes, the bee biology is very wrong (it is Hollywood after all), but at least it might get people thinking about bees. If you want to point folks to content about real honey bee biology, try this podcast and the companion article about a real bee movie maker.
http://askabiologist.asu.edu/podcasts/index.html#BSmith
http://askabiologist.asu.edu/profiles/bsmith/index.html
Let’s bee sure that the real story gets out. In many cases it is more interesting than the movie version.
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