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Date: | Fri, 2 Jul 1993 13:38:05 +0100 |
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Liz Day asks about animals plundering bees' nests. Are they stung?
Does it hurt? I suspect that part of the answer, at least with larger
animals, is that the prize is worth the cost. However, with smaller
animals they may behave in such a way that they do not provoke attack.
The following short extract from Ted Hooper's book, "Guide to Bees and
Honey," (p 100) is interesting:
"Some six years ago I saw a colony in October without a mouse guard, and
noticed that pieces of comb were being pushed out of the entrance. I
lifted up the brood chamber and looked underneath, and there were five
long grey tails hanging down. I put the brood chamber down again and
gave it a kick. Five jet propelled mice came flying out of the entrance
with several very angry bees attached to each. It is quite extraordinary
that the bees did not attack them until I did something which released
the attacking impulse."
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