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To: niteowl77; truthluva; grey_whiskers

“Insects are declining worldwide because of pesticide use. This is nuts. We need bees!”

Calling for protection?

Although stingless bees do not have a sting to fend off enemies, they are nonetheless able to defend their hives against attacks. Only four years ago it was discovered that a Brazilian bee species, the Jatai bee, has a soldier caste. The slightly larger fighters guard the entrance to the nest and grip intruders with their powerful mandibles in the event of an attack.

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-stingless-bees-soldiers.html


634 posted on 02/22/2019 6:52:27 PM PST by Larry - Moe and Curly (Loose lips sink ships.)
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To: Larry - Moe and Curly

Queen Bee Hillary calling in the troops!


635 posted on 02/22/2019 6:54:10 PM PST by truthluva
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To: Larry - Moe and Curly

I’m way behind, so it may have been mentioned, but has anybody Thought about Samantha Bee?


947 posted on 02/23/2019 12:22:31 PM PST by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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