The Quran’s references to honey bees in Surah An-Nahl (Chapter 16) align with modern scientific discoveries about bees, their biology, and behavior. These details, written over 1400 years ago, provide remarkable accuracy that was not understood by science until much later.

Modern science confirms that worker bees are exclusively female. They gather nectar, produce honey, and maintain the hive. Male bees (drones) are solely involved in reproduction and do not participate in honey production or hive maintenance. - Quranic Evidence: The Quran uses grammatically feminine forms when describing the actions of honey-making bees: "Eat (كُلِي)" – Feminine form in Arabic. "Follow a path (فَاسْلُكِي)" – Feminine form. "Its bellies (بُطُونِهَا)" – Singular female reference. - Scientific Confirmation: This distinction is consistent with modern entomology, which identifies that female worker bees are responsible for all hive-related activities.

Honey bees have two stomachs: one for digesting food and another specifically for storing nectar, which is used to produce honey. - Quran Reference: The term "butuniha" (بُطُونِهَا) implies multiple stomachs of a single female bee. This accurately describes the honey bee’s anatomy. - Scientific Insight: The “honey stomach” is a specialized organ used exclusively for storing and transporting nectar. This knowledge has only been recently established in biological sciences.

While most bees build wax hives, certain species have evolved to create nests in unconventional places such as wood and even solid rock. - Carpenter Bees: These bees are known for drilling into wood to create their nests. - Bees in Solid Rock: Recent studies have identified unique species capable of nesting in hard substrates like rock, a behavior that aligns with the Quranic description of bees building hives in mountains. - Quran Reference: "Build your hives in mountains, trees, and in what they build" explicitly covers these diverse nesting behaviors, including those in wood and rock.

There is an unusual connection between the Quran's chapter on bees (Surah 16) and the genetic makeup of bees: - Female bees have 16 pairs of chromosomes (32 total), while males have only 16 chromosomes. Male bees develop from unfertilized eggs and thus inherit no chromosomes from a father—analogous to the unique creation described for Jesus.

The Quran’s descriptions of honey bees being female, possessing an extra stomach, and building hives in rock, wood, and wax align remarkably well with modern scientific discoveries. These details, unknown to human knowledge 1400 years ago, raise profound questions about their source - this knowledge can only be from The Divine.