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Re:Why do bees die when they sting you? by tsimionescu on Sunday January 19, 2025 @01:23AM (#42754265)
Yes, traits can propagate even if there is no selective pressure for them. But they won't reach 100% of the species, even less so 100% of several geographically separated species (such as African and European bees) just because they aren't that bad. Could we contrive a story where it could be possible something like this does happen? Sure, but it would be very unlikely (basically, it would require only a small population that happened to have this minor handicap to have randomly survived some mass extinction event that killed off the entirety of the rest of the species).
Re:Why do bees die when they sting you? by mibsl on Sunday January 19, 2025 @12:22PM (#42759085)
IIRC genetic drift can reach 100%.