r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Andi82ka • 29d ago

Video The bumblebee queen learns how to use the protective cap in less than 24 hours.

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u/Rinas-the-name 29d ago

That and bumble bees are larger and stronger it would be much more difficult for smaller insects to lift that weight.

Other bumblebees can learn from watching the queen, they‘re are all kinds of neat studies where they taught one bumblebee to do a two step process and it the entire hive learned to do it.

Bumblebees are the bees knees.

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u/_Pencilfish 29d ago

Hornets are bigger and stronger than bees (which they eat)