The Worker Bee Is Female
النحلة الأنثى هي العاملة
Verse reference
وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحْلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذِي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًاالنحل 68
Interpretive reading
In the Quranic verse the verbs (ittakhidhi, kuli, isluki) appear in the feminine form; this is sometimes read as indicating that the worker bees in a hive are female rather than male.
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