Page 226 - Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

There is no creature crawling on the Earth or flying creature, flying on its
wings, who are not communities just like yourselves… (Qur'an, 6:38)
As a result of modern-day animal and bird ecology study, we
know that all animals and birds live in the form of separate societies.
Lengthy and wide-ranging studies have shown that there is a rather
systematic social order among animals.
Honey bees, for example, whose social life amazes scientists, build
their nests in colonies in tree hollows or other covered areas. A bee
colony consists of a queen, a few hundred males and 10-80,000 work-

ers. As we have already mentioned, there is only one queen in every
colony and her fundamental task is that of laying eggs. In addition, she
secretes important substances which maintain the unity of the colony
and allow the system within the hive to function. The males' only func-
tion is to fertilise the queen. All other functions-such as building honey
combs in the hive, gathering food, creating royal jelly, regulating the

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