[ScienceD] Fear of predators drives honey bees away from good food sources

[Science Daily]

Fear of predators drives honey bees away from good food sources

Honey bees live in a world filled with danger in which predators seize them from the sky and wait to ambush them on flowers. Such fear drives bees to avoid food sources closely associated with predators and, interestingly, makes colonies of bees less risk-tolerant than individual bees, according to a new study.


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