The first male bees spotted babysitting are mostly stepdads
The behavior may have evolved from males lurking to mate
![male bee](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/030819_sm_beeparents_feat_REV.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
KNOCK Mother bees have to do their own hunting for pollen and nectar in the Ceratina nigrolabiata species, but a male bee (shown) eager to mate with her will watch her young while she’s gone.
Lukáš Janošík