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Honeybees vs. hive beetles

Started By OhNoNotAgain , Oct 18 2020 10:42 AM

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#1 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted October 18 2020 - 10:42 AM

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LocationCalifornia Argentine Ant Territory

Soul posted this TikTok link in his discord server.

Pretty cool discussion of bees imprisoning hive beetles and rotating their guards and such.

https://www.tiktok.c...365?source=h5_m

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Veromessor pergandei, andrei, stoddardi; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis, Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola, CA02

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus, P. californicus (inactive)

Liometopum occidentale (inactive); Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive); Tetramorium sp. (inactive); Lasius sp.

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