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This maybe points to another theory (which may be entirely wrong, I'm just guessing!): honeybees die because they aren't supposed to attack each other. Like the
by ianbicking 2y ago
This maybe points to another theory (which may be entirely wrong, I'm just guessing!): honeybees die because they aren't supposed to attack each other. Like they can't be aggressively selfish because they'll just die in the process.
- cryptonector 2y agoHoneybees do attack other colonies' honeybees. Africanized honeybees definitely do it. As someone else points out the barbs don't get stuck in insects, but do get stuck in mammals (and presumably birds too?).
- fuzztester 2y agoChecked them. Found: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee
- cryptonector 2y ago> Africanized honey bees are typically much more defensive, react to disturbances faster, and chase people further (400 metres (1,300 ft)) than other varieties of honey bees. My bees will chase me about 200 yards, and probably more if I had to go further to go inside a building (they don't like dark places). They lay ambushes, too. They'll wait outside the building I go into and will attack again if I go out. Well, they used to anyways. Since switching to top-bar hive bodies they're much nicer.