Wasps and bumble bees heat up, fly faster with protein-rich food
Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 18:56
in Earth & Climate
Megan Eckles lures yellowjacket wasps with protein-rich bait. Good pollen makes bees hot, biologists at UC San Diego have found. Wasps warm up too when they find protein-rich meat, a separate experiment has shown.