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c-slice on Aug 7, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. honeybee colonies hit a 20-year high

A small number of bees when placed with a queen will quickly produce a full size hive. Bee hives have a size limit, so dividing them into two smaller hives produces rapid population growth. A queen bee can lay 1000 eggs a day.

stavros on Aug 7, 2015 [–]

This is the most outlandish attempt at a proof of the Banach-Tarski theorem I've heard so far.

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