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> Bumblebees have been spotted for the first time "stealing" nectar from neighbouring nests following a study by experts at the University of Sussex.
I doubt seriously this is the first time this has been observed. Similar behavior has been reported:
> Drifting bees that were observed more than once comprised 31% of the total drifting population. The drifters seen on more than one occasion displayed three distinct patterns of drift: transient (found in foreign hives), immigrant (drifted once and then remained in the new colony), and voyeur (drifted into a foreign hive but later returned to their original hive).
Birmingham, A. L., Hoover, S. E., Winston, M. L., & Ydenberg, R. C. (2004). Drifting bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) workers in commercial greenhouses may be social parasites. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 82(12), 1843-1853.
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