Three Bees to a Colony
Worker bees (bottom, left), of which there are thousands, far outnumber the single queen (center) and hundreds of drones (top) that belong to one hive. When foraging, worker bees suck water and nectar through the movable, flexible tubes of their mouthparts and use their jaws for grasping wax and pollen. Bees have three simple eyes on the tops of their heads and one large compound eye on either side. Their two sets of wings attach by a row of tiny hooks lining one edge of the front pair. Only the queen, detailed here, shows ovarian development. She secretes several pheromones, one of which eliminates potential rivals by inhibiting reproductive development in other females.
"Three Bees to a Colony," Microsoft® Encarta® 96 Encyclopedia. © 1993-1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
The Honeybee: The Honeybee presents several problems for the evolutionist. It has a piston-like tongue and honey sac, stiff hairs for gathering pollen with tools on the legs for packing it into pollen sacs, and the ability to secrete a wax-like building material. Note that not one of these structures would be of any value unless all were present. Thus, there could be no "step-by-step" evolution. These had to evolve simultaneously.
A second problem is the ability of the honeybee to navigate by the sun and to give navigational instructions to other bees through the honeybee "dance."
Third, the bee defies the laws of aerodynamics with its ability to fly. As can be seen, the complex behaviors and relationships between animals are difficult to explain on purely evolutionary terms. Such complexity, design, and communication can only be explained by an intelligent Creator.
IMPOSSIBLE HURDLE #10:
A Potpourri of Evolutionary Impossibilities
1. The ability to fly (both birds and insects)
2. The evolution of wings and feathers
3. Migratory instinct
4. The "evolution" of vertebrates from invertebrates
