Buzzing My Brain
Nature's Weirdest Family Tree The Bee That Has No Dad (But Has a Grandfather) Unraveling the ultimate biological mind-bender Family trees can get pretty messy, but the honeybee family tree takes the crown for pure biological absurdity. “I don't have a dad, and I can never have a son.” “But I have a grandfather, and I'll definitely have grandsons.” You'd probably think anyone saying that had lost their mind. But for a male honeybee—known as a drone —this is just standard biology. It all comes down to a fascinating genetic system called haplodiploidy . Here's how the biological puzzle works: No Father: Female bees develop from fertilized eggs, receiving genetic material from both t...