The male bees leave the hive and start looking for the queen some two weeks after they emerge from their cells. During the males' mating period, a new function of the substance given off by the queen emerges: Thanks to it, the males can locate the queen during her mating flight.

As if to compensate, the bodies of the males possess a number of anatomical features superior to those of the hive's female workers and the queen. For example, the drones' compound eyes have a larger number of facets (from 8,000 to 10,000) than those of the females. There are about 2,600 smelling pores on the males' antennae.68 Their wings are also more powerful than those of the workers.

Careful inspection shows that the males, with their very different features to those of the females, are created for a specific end-that is, for them to locate the queen with little difficulty. The males need to be able to fly at a height for long periods while searching for the queen and to be able to locate her fragrance from a long distance away. Therefore the males possess these attributes, which are very different from those of the other bees in the hive.

The fact that every living thing possesses the features necessary for it is just one of the indications of the flawless order in the universe. Such an order absolutely cannot have come about by chance. It is God Who creates all living things, together with the characteristics essential to them. This order that prevails throughout the entire universe is just one of the proofs of God's limitless creative artistry.

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• 68. Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia ,Vol.2, p.108.