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Posted on 15/12/202019/12/2021 by admin

Honey bees use animal poo to repel giant hornet attacks

Newly discovered strategy in Asian bees repels killer hornets that can massacre whole hives

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/09/honey-bees-use-animal-poo-to-repel-giant-hornet-attacks

Read the research article here:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0242668

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