When the queen bumblebee wants to lay her eggs, she first gathers flower nectar. Then from her abdomen, thin sheets of wax are extruded. She collects these with her feet and brings them to her mandibles to chew, shape, and form into a cell or ‘pot’ in which to put honey, which she will eat while incubating her eggs. Eating this honey will reduce the amount of time she needs to spend searching for nectar away from the eggs. Once she has this food store, she gathers pollen and forms a ball of pollen mixed with honey. On this ball she lays 4-16 eggs. She extrudes more wax and covers the pollen and eggs. Next she sits on her eggs like a setting hen. She lies with her abdomen gently over the wax covered ball, keeping it at about 86 degrees F as she shivers her flight muscles which generate heat to keep the eggs warm. The warmth of her body causes the eggs to hatch in 4-6 days, and after 21 days, young bumblebees emerge.
How did the queen bumblebee figure all this out on her own? Clearly, she didnt!
There is no such thing as simple life. God in His wisdom created these fascinating