Thursday, June 20, 2013

Bad Beehaviour

This article is about the strange case of the bandit bumblebees. Scientists have recently discovered that bumblebees are committing the act of "nectar robbery". Nectar robbery is when the bees go around flower to flower, taking all the nectar and leaving nothing in return. The Nectar robbery analogy comes from the situation as if there was a bank robbery because robbers, take everything and then just leave without any regret. People say this is either really bad, or not bad at all. Ever since this has been happening scientists have been anxious to know why. Researches say, its normal because it is apart of the natural selection cycle, also many flowers have been dying because some bees take so much nectar, it kills the flower. Scientist still havent figured out why bees are doing this, but they have concluded only a few bumblebees each year figure out this robbery technique. The bees have created a new culture for themselves, although it may not be pleasant.

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