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Knives for Hands, Gay Bombs, Bee-on-Bee Crime

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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Bees and the Bee Wars Are a Big Problem for Beekeepers

During early spring, before plants have actually begun blossoming, bees might start to get a little bit awake. In the fall when plants are wilting away, some honeybee colonies will turn to robbing other weaker colonies of their hard-earned honey stores and killing a bunch of them in the process. It's really funny because you can see the enemy bee robbers casing the joint. They fly side to side in what's called a casting pattern to surveil for the defensive bees known as guards.

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