HotballingHoneybees
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Context: Insects
Fascinating how honeybees surround predatory wasps in a ball, which they heat (with their own body temperature) until it kills the wasp.
Bees will also prefer sources of food which are of the right temperature. (Eg. flowers produce a bit of warmth which also attracts them, but experiments with hotter surfaces repel them unless this source of food also has much higher sugar / energy content. Ie. they'll put up with the discomfort of heat for a bigger reward.
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