* The family trees of honey [[bees]] can be depicted using Fibonacci numbers because unmated females will always hatch male young, while mated females will always hatch female young and the Fibonacci sequence has many practical applications in biology, e.g. in the study of reproductive patterns of animals, in the study of spiraling of flowers, etc. | * The family trees of honey [[bees]] can be depicted using Fibonacci numbers because unmated females will always hatch male young, while mated females will always hatch female young and the Fibonacci sequence has many practical applications in biology, e.g. in the study of reproductive patterns of animals, in the study of spiraling of flowers, etc. |