Fear of predators drives honey bees away from good food sources
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
Most of us think of honey bees as having a bucolic, pastoral existence—flying from flower to flower to collect the nectar they then turn into honey. But while they're capable of defending themselves with their painful stings, honey bees live in a world filled with danger in which predators seize them from the sky and wait to ambush them on flowers.