sexless society

[AntonioLao]

Examples of almost sexless societies are the honeybee colonies. Although worker bees can be composed of male and female, it is only the queen bee that is given the responsibility of sexual reproduction. The queen bee stays permanently within each hive and in so doing becomes bigger and larger in size which can be recognized easily by closer inspections. In the event that the queen dies then a new queen will be selected from the other remaining female bees. Harmoniously speaking, it is unusual to find a hive with more than one queen. On the other hand, the responsibility of the worker bees is to find and to gather nectars for the production of honey. Since honey is chemically the same as sugar and alcohol, its chemical compositions are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms and nectar does contain small quantities of sucrose [C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁]. Bees inverted this sucrose and converted it into fructose [C₆H₁₂O₆] which is usually called honey. Fructose would be especially useful to people with diabetes since the human body can process it without the help of insulin.

A drop of fructose is better than a ton of glucose which is a complex molecular polymer or isomer of fructose and requires insulin for its decomposition. Moreover, it is generally believed that too much sugar (glucose) in one’s diet can negatively affect one’s sex drive. But whenever someone says “honey” or “sugar” to someone, they are really endearing or complimenting their fructose storing capacity which truly can boost one’s sex drive. The desire of making more and more concentrated fructose is what kept the frantic worker bees busy. Fructose is equivalent to human’s Viagra for the apparently sexless worker bees. Although human beings can live without sex, honeybees cannot live without the dual functions of fructose as food and aphrodisiac. This nearly perfect simple life of honeybees could be one of the main reasons why they are living fossils of the biological process of evolution. Coincidentally, fructose is chemically equivalent to six CH₂ ions and six oxygen atoms. It’s an example of double “sixes” chemical symbiosis.

[labelwench]

Examples of almost sexless societies are the honeybee colonies. Although worker bees can be composed of male and female, it is only the queen bee that is given the responsibility of sexual reproduction. The queen bee stays permanently within each hive and in so doing becomes bigger and larger in size which can be recognized easily by closer inspections. In the event that the queen dies then a new queen will be selected from the other remaining female bees. Harmoniously speaking, it is unusual to find a hive with more than one queen. On the other hand, the responsibility of the worker bees is to find and to gather nectars for the production of honey. Since honey is chemically the same as sugar and alcohol, its chemical compositions are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms and nectar does contain small quantities of sucrose [C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁]. Bees inverted this sucrose and converted it into fructose [C₆H₁₂O₆] which is usually called honey. Fructose would be especially useful to people with diabetes since the human body can process it without the help of insulin.

A drop of fructose is better than a ton of glucose which is a complex molecular polymer or isomer of fructose and requires insulin for its decomposition. Moreover, it is generally believed that too much sugar (glucose) in one’s diet can negatively affect one’s sex drive. But whenever someone says “honey” or “sugar” to someone, they are really endearing or complimenting their fructose storing capacity which truly can boost one’s sex drive. The desire of making more and more concentrated fructose is what kept the frantic worker bees busy. Fructose is equivalent to human’s Viagra for the apparently sexless worker bees. Although human beings can live without sex, honeybees cannot live without the dual functions of fructose as food and aphrodisiac. This nearly perfect simple life of honeybees could be one of the main reasons why they are living fossils of the biological process of evolution. Coincidentally, fructose is chemically equivalent to six CH₂ ions and six oxygen atoms. It’s an example of double “sixes” chemical symbiosis.

The honeybee is a fascinating insect and honey as a food and source of sweetness has long been prized. Even here in the Yukon, there are some who farm the honeybee although some years the hives are lost to winter-kill.

While reading this post and the comment regarding the term 'honey' or sweetness being used as a compliment, a story recently told me by my mother sprang to mind.

Apparently, there was a gentleman who was merrily stringing along 10 or twelve mistresses, and none of them the wiser for a considerable length of time. The women all had their own means and this gentleman was very astute in the manner of pleasing the ladies, by psychology and, well, other means also.

When I asked my mother how it came that he could not mix up their names and so be found out, she laughed and replied, 'That's the best part! He called them all........HONEY.'

[AntonioLao]

And Honey Rider saved James Bond from the vicious Spectre Dr. No.

[labelwench]

Ursula Andress - Honey Rider
James Bond: Don't worry. I'm not supposed to be here either.
Honey Ryder: Are you looking for shells too?
James Bond: No, I'm just looking.

Ursula Andress was the first Bond girl in Dr. No, and she set the standard in many ways. There is the typical absurd and salacious name "Honey Rider", the looks and her role - Honey is little more than (eye)candy, but that's the point!

Ursula did not make much of a Hollywood career after her appearance as Bond girl, but she is still famous for her role and in the opinion of many fans she is still the definite Bond girl.

http://www.bond-girls.net/ursula-andress.html

This would be the female of which you speak, lol.......a very healthy looking creature, for a fact. 'Tis understandable why the gentlemen would be at risk for whiplash.

Bond is perhaps not the best role model for men, save in one regard.

Whichever female he is consorting with, he is wise enough to give her his undivided attention for such duration.....

[AntonioLao]

So, we say sex makes the world go round. But which directions? Clockwise to prosperity or anticlockwise to destruction? To a Northerner the Sun always rises in the East but for a Southerner the same Sun always rises in the West.

[labelwench]

So, we say sex makes the world go round. But which directions? Clockwise to prosperity or anticlockwise to destruction? To a Northerner the Sun always rises in the East but for a Southerner the same Sun always rises in the West.

You are messing with my mind and the observable facts, Antonio. Please provide references for where the sun rises in the west, when observed from earth, and not from either the north or south pole?

[AntonioLao]

where the sun rises in the west

I think in Australia or New Zealand? I never been there but who can we ask?

[labelwench]

I think in Australia or New Zealand? I never been there but who can we ask?

See item #15 on this link and let me know if it seems to answer the question. Just because it is written does not automatically assume it is correct, lol...

http://www.astro.uu.nl/~strous/AA/en...ositie.html#15

[AntonioLao]

Thanks. Nothing can supersede firsthand accounts of any given experience. I still don't understand after studying #15 and #16. I've decided to start saving money hopefully for a trip to Australia or New Zealand in the near future.

[labelwench]

Good fortune attend you in your savings and travel plans.....

In keeping with the title of this thread, here is a species of interest.....

Bdelloids have been of interest to those interested in the evolutionary role of sexual reproduction, because it has disappeared entirely from the group: males are unknown, and females reproduce exclusively by parthenogenesis. Each individual has paired gonads. Despite the fact that they have been asexual for millions of years, they have diversified into more than 300 species and are fairly similar to other sexually-reproducting rotifer species.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bdelloidea

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bdello...ars-a062685144