Bees EJACULATE to death during heatwaves as their sex parts explode from their bodies, scientists reveal

HEATWAVES can cause males bees to explosively ejaculate to death.

This is according to new research, which has revealed the gruesome and graphic way male worker bees die when it’s too hot.

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Intense heat can cause males bees to die in a brutal way[/caption]

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The heat causes the bees to convulse, which results in them ejaculating uncontrollably[/caption]

Researchers found that intense heat causes the bees to convulse.

This convulsion then forces them to ejaculate.

Then, their internal penis, which is about the size of their abdomen, explodes from their body.

Extreme heatwaves in Canada are said to have triggered this type of bee death.

This led to researchers from the University of British Columbia studying ways to keep bees cool.

The researchers explained: “When male bees, or drones, die from shock such as being too hot, they convulse, forcing them to ejaculate, and an internal penis-equivalent about the size of the bee’s own abdomen exits their body.

“We know that after six hours at 42 degrees Celsius, 50 per cent of drones will die of heat stress.

“These are the same temperatures seen during 2021’s heatwave in B.C.”

They tried methods like covering bee hives in polystyrene and feeding the bees syrup to see if this stopped the brutal deaths.

The polystyrene sheet coverings proved to be effective at keepings bee hives cool.

UBC bee specialist Dr. Alison McAfee said: “When drones die from shock, they spontaneously ejaculate.

“They have this elaborate endophallus that comes out and is about the size of their own abdomen. It’s pretty extreme.”

She added: “We know that after six hours at 42 degrees, half of drones will die of heat stress.

“The more sensitive ones start to perish at two, or three hours. That’s a temperature they shouldn’t normally experience, but we were seeing drones getting stressed to the point of death.”

McAfee thinks drone bees should be used as indicators of environmental changes.

The researchers haven’t yet had their study put in a peer-reviewed paper.

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The research project started after a fairly recent led to lots of gruesome bee deaths[/caption]

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The researchers found covering hives in polystyrene helped to keep them cool in extreme temperatures[/caption]

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