Todd O’Donnell – The Bible & the Bees (2)



Fact

  • Chemical substance released that alters the behaviour of others
  • Queen has 15 glands that secrete a variety of chemical messages
  • Keeps ration of nurse to foragers correct
  • Unifies the colony to the queen

Design

  • This is a highly complex communication system defies evolutionary explanation
  • Bees have 170 odour receptors
  • Bees used to detect bombs

Application

  • Jesus’ blood unifies us (Eph 2:13-16)
  • (John 17:20-21; Eph 4:1-4)