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Harun Yahya                           79


               The Special Characteristics of the Drones, Mating and
            Afterwards

               The male bees leave the hive and start looking for the queen some two
            weeks after they emerge from their cells. During the males’ mating period,
            a new function of the substance given off by the queen emerges: Thanks to
            it, the males can locate the queen during her mating flight.
               As if to compensate, the bodies of the males possess a number of
            anatomical features superior to those of the hive’s female workers and the
            queen. For example, the drones’ compound eyes have a larger number of
            facets (from 8,000 to 10,000) than those of the females. There are about
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            2,600 smelling pores on the males’ antennae. Their wings are also more
            powerful than those of the workers.
               Careful inspection shows that the males, with their very different fea-
            tures to those of the females, are created for a specific end—that is, for
            them to locate the queen with little difficulty. The males need to be able to
            fly at a height for long periods while searching for the queen and to be
            able to locate her fragrance from a long distance away. Therefore the males
            possess these attributes, which are very different from those of the other
            bees in the hive.
               The fact that every living thing pos-
            sesses the features necessary for it is
            just one of the indications of the flaw-  Is it other than the re-
            less order in the universe. Such an      ligion of God that you
            order absolutely cannot have come        desire, when every-
            about by chance. It is God Who creates   thing in the heavens
            all living things, together with the char-
                                                     and earth, willingly or
            acteristics essential to them. This order
                                                     unwillingly, submits
            that prevails throughout the entire uni-
                                                     to Him and to Him
            verse is just one of the proofs of God’s
                                                     you will be returned?
            limitless creative artistry.
                                                     (Surah Al ‘Imran: 83)







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