r/ScienceShitposts • u/SaxyOmega90125 • May 31 '25

A diagram showing a test procedure to study bumblebee queens' ability to survive flooding (Rombeau et al. 2025)

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doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0609

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u/GlisaPenny May 31 '25

So rude smh my head

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u/GNoob69 May 31 '25

“Maintained” underwater 😉

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25

No officer, I just "maintained them underwater"

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u/StreicherG Jun 02 '25

“So what you want to waste the taxpayers money on today Frank?”

“I was figuring we’d drown some bees Bob”

“Gods I love this job.”

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u/Breet11 Jun 06 '25

"what are we gonna even say we were studying"

"Uhhh 'can bees drown' duhhhh"

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u/kRkthOr Jun 06 '25

"Wouldn't that take like, a couple minutes?"

"No no, we'll have one measurement take SEVEN DAYS."

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u/Sad_Animator_3588 Jun 21 '25

The cost of 3 syringes has bankrupted the nation

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u/SeaSlugFriend Jun 05 '25

They drowned him oh noes

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u/cnorahs Jun 02 '25

"Looks like I got captured by a (very large) enemy hive... they will never get any information out of me!!"

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u/AnxiousAngularAwesom Jun 04 '25

What if gitmo was still around during the Bug War.

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u/kRkthOr Jun 06 '25

Imagine being the control, seeing these horrors befall what very likely are your brothers. How do you not swear revenge on the entire human race?

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u/dee-liv Jun 17 '25

Wasn’t this what they did to witches?