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Scientists have found that bees, firmly decided to seize the opponent's hive, do not stop even before the mass boyney

first time in history scientists have observed interspecies war, bees, big natural phenomenon with a long air battles with kamikaze attacks, and thousands of dead from both the attacking and defending from the colony. < br />
Actually, the war - it is not uncommon among the different species of insects (especially ants). Rarity - a battle to the death. Insects in the course of evolution have learned to avoid this extreme and the risk of death is reduced to a minimum by taking control of the contested resource, which may be a food, a place to nest, or something else. But it turns out bees to this rule applies not always. Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology found that attacks another bee hive as lethal weapons are used not only stings, but also its own jaw. And all this they do, that is guaranteed to destroy all the inhabitants attacked the hive and put there own queen bees. It is noteworthy also that survival is not the purpose for individual attacking bees. This is a classic example of the operation of the hive mentality: the welfare of the team placed well above the welfare of its individual members.



"In the deadly battles alone any attacker or defender, as a rule, do not survive, and the ground is covered with a carpet of the dead bees. This is clearly a numbers game, who will win "- scientists say. "It took a lot of attacks in the weeks before the attack defeated. When they were finally able to break through the defense, they are literally smothered hive to form an enormous swarm, and ruthlessly throwing out the workers bees enemy, and his young queens. It was just a massacre ».

via factroom.ru