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within its cocoon during the pupal stage.
How did the pupa turn into a bee? How did the growth stages of the
bee first emerge? Who or what defined that process? Was it the bee itself—
or chance, as evolutionists would have us believe—or a more powerful
force than either of these?
The answer to these questions is clear. It is absurd to claim that the in-
sect inside the cocoon could carry out the necessary changes within itself,
in full knowledge of what it will need in the outside world. It’s totally out
of the question for the eye or digestive system, or substances such as en-
zymes and hormones, to form inside a pupa that develops as a result of
happenstance changes in itself. Neither can there be any question of an ex-
ternal intervention in the pupa.
During the pupal stage, neither chance nor the bee itself enables the
perfect completion of each of the bee’s organs, with all the functions they
will require. Such a flawless development can only be performed by a su-
perior and matchless Power—God, Who is matchless in creation.

Every bee emerges from the cell
with all its bodily structures fully
formed. Neither happenstance nor
the bee itself can bring this about.

When a bee
opens the cover
of its cell and
emerges, its
hairs are wet for
the first few mo-
ments. Shortly
afterwards, its
hairs dry and the
bee begins to
perform its du-
ties in the hive.