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I've always been told that these large clusters of bees are a way to keep a warm center. Wikipedia has the same explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey
by idoubtit 7y ago
I've always been told that these large clusters of bees are a way to keep a warm center. Wikipedia has the same explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee#Winter_survival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee#Winter_survival
- kbutler 7y ago"Ball for warmth" doesn't explain the swarming of bees in warm weather (around a queen dividing the hive). But bees will also use the large cluster heat effect to kill predatory hornets: https://www.livescience.com/19078-bee-ball-cooks-enemies.html https://www.livescience.com/19078-bee-ball-cooks-enemies.htm...
- yborg 7y agoI wonder how many generations of bees it took to evolve this tactic.