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Subject:	Re: Bees Behaving Badly
From:	Peter Loring Borst <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:55:07 -0400
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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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