> In fact, I'll go further - I suspect they may even join in and assist with the robbing.
Plausible, of course. But you will have to come up with a theory on how the bees being robbed can find their way to the hive doing the robbing... so far as I know, bees cannot follow individual bees. Seeley demonstrates how multiple guide bees can direct a swarm, but nobody has ever observed a single bee following another. May not be possible.
PLB
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