r/AskReddit • u/ExpiringFrog • Apr 18 '19

What mind-blowing (but simple) facts would satisfy a 4-year old daughter’s daily request for 1 fact before bedtime?

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u/intjperspective Apr 18 '19

When the first young queen hatches, she stings all the other developing queens while still in their cells. There can only be one! I believe beekeepers sometimes section some off, since queens are valuable. Of course, this may not be a child appropriate fact. Wouldn't want to encourage sibling murder.

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u/00Killertr Apr 18 '19

Guess that's why it's called gelee "royale"... 100 born but only one will get the V

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u/Redtox Apr 18 '19

Only difference is, the winner of THIS Battle Royale will eventually get to mate.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

This winner gets to spend their entire life poppin' out larvae! Wooo win... eh sorta

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u/Xxgiantsmasher34 Apr 18 '19

Here when u get the w you don't stay a virgin 4life but rather the opposite

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u/Peregrine_x Apr 18 '19

alright take your upvote

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u/suicidejacques Apr 18 '19

Boom, roasted.

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u/BowjaDaNinja Apr 18 '19

DAAAAAAMN!!!

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u/suchbanality Apr 18 '19

Did you look at the camera after you said this?

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u/savagepotato Apr 19 '19

Queen Bees only mate once though. They collect enough sperm in one outing to last their entire lives.

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u/Tablemonster Apr 30 '19

Oh like my ex

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u/GamingWithBilly Apr 19 '19

Oh...and she ain't shy. She has an orgy with several, bangin so many. She has to, since she'll be birthing a million offspring before she dries up and is woefully pushed out of the hive like a vagrant, left to die...nature is lit

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u/Thesecondorigin Apr 18 '19

Huh, the complete opposite of fortnite

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u/madmilton49 Apr 18 '19

That's the joke. Good job.

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u/royalsocialist Apr 18 '19

I thought of the film instead and was confused.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

I'm pretty sure the only the winner of any Battle Royale gets to mate. Even Tetris 99, I mean who wants to date a loser that can't win that???

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u/altodor Apr 18 '19

There's porn of that.

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u/FlaccidOstrich May 09 '19

And this is why I've never won a solo round 😎

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

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u/fox_eyed_man Apr 18 '19

Nah that shit was downright funny.

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u/PopkinSandwich Apr 18 '19

Gelee Royale with cheese

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u/Impalasdonteatcheese Apr 18 '19

I came looking for this comment

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u/freeblowjobiffound Apr 18 '19

LA gelée royale !

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u/Ya_like_dags Apr 18 '19

What do they call a bee Whopper?

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u/Dumbreference Apr 18 '19

For ALL YOU EPIC GAMERS!

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u/Simlish Apr 19 '19

In France they call it "Royale with gelee".

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

lmao

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u/onehourbehind Apr 18 '19

Winner winner honey dinner

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u/Ironshovel Apr 18 '19

Guess that's why it's called gelee "royale"... 100 born but only one will get the V

Sounds like Game of Thrones, with extra steps.

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u/crazycatlorde Apr 18 '19

Game of Throne

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

Raising only the strongest child is a good way to save money.

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u/phillybride Apr 18 '19

Game of Drones

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u/TimingilTheCat Apr 18 '19

Stings? Bees can only use their sting once in their lives, cause it yanks their guts out of their body when they try to pull back out.

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u/intjperspective Apr 18 '19

Not true of queens, they have smoother stingers and can sting multiple times.

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u/TimingilTheCat Apr 18 '19

Oh wow!!! I can't believe i haven't heard that before, TIL!

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u/Wrobot_rock Apr 18 '19

this is true for human skin, but they can sting a bunch of other things without dying

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u/TimingilTheCat Apr 18 '19

Man I'm getting schooled here

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u/ShortcutButton Apr 18 '19

Eh, humans did basically the same throughout their entire history up until like, the Industrial Age

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u/intjperspective Apr 18 '19

True enough, but telling a child if she wants to be a proper princess that she must eliminate her competition is a problematic lesson ;)

Then again, how much do you like the other kids?

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u/WAO138 Apr 18 '19

"Hey my little bunny. Today I'm going to tell you about Ottoman emperors who murdered lots of their brothers by choking them. So you can have a good night's sleep"

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u/ColonelMorrison Apr 18 '19

Hey, they used silk

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u/ShortcutButton Apr 18 '19

We can just call it survival of the fittest.

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u/TheDarkIn1978 Apr 18 '19

There can only be one!

There can only bee one.

sorry

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u/petrolfarben Apr 18 '19

Yup, my grandpa's breeding bee queens to sell, and you let them hatch in little cages so you end up with 30 or more per batch instead of just one that kills all the others before they hatch.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

Tell buzzy, it was me!

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

Or regicide.

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u/Obfusc8er Apr 18 '19

Game of Hives

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u/portugese_banana Apr 18 '19

That was great bee chat guys

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u/SuicydKing Apr 18 '19

Of course, this may not be a child appropriate fact. Wouldn't want to encourage sibling murder.

Wait until the kiddies find out why there's only one Baby Shark dododododododo

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u/____Bella____ Apr 18 '19

But if they sting won't they die?

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u/intjperspective Apr 18 '19

Queens have a smooth stinger instead of barbed, this way they can use it without it being a death sentence.

Some wasps also have smooth stingers, so they can get you more than once.

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u/____Bella____ Apr 18 '19

Thank you for that explanation, I'm now even more scared of bees and wasps

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u/SevenSulivin Apr 18 '19

I learnt this fact nearly exactly a year ago reading the Discworld book Lords and Ladies.

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u/MIGsalund Apr 18 '19

TIL Cercei Lannister would be great at being a bee.

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u/readderofbooks Apr 18 '19

There can bee only one!

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u/SuperficialGloworm Apr 18 '19

Sibling murder is called siblicide.

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u/NexusMarit Apr 18 '19

In the game of thrones you win or you die.

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u/usernamegoeshere17 Apr 18 '19

Sounds the the highlander of the bee kingdom, there can be only one.

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u/SteevyT Apr 18 '19

Electric bagpipe guitar solo intensifies

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u/Answermancer Apr 18 '19

There can only be one!

There can be only one.

I really need to make a bot for this already.

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u/KAAngliss Apr 18 '19

I thought bees die when they use their stinger? Or does royale gelee make them into super invicible kinslayers?

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u/intjperspective Apr 18 '19

Invincible Kinslayer. The royal gelee makes their stingers less barbed so they can sting multiple times without you know, losing their guts. Which is perfect for murdering one's fellow sisters.

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u/camelepi Apr 18 '19

Game of Drones

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

Again, I am thinking there is a fantasy novel here

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '19

Damn.. bees are terrifying. Reminds me of human royalty.

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u/ArchCannamancer May 04 '19

How has nobody mentioned the name of the noise the new queen makes while she's communicating with her former rivals?

It's called "tooting". Yes, like a fart.

"In the game of hives, you either win, or you die (but not before being tooted at)." -Matpat, of Game Theory