Bees coordinate strategy for defending colony, study reveals
Thursday, September 6, 2018 - 08:00
in Biology & Nature
The Brazilian stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula (jataí in Portuguese) deploys a different strategy for defending its nests from other social insect species. In addition to posting sentinels at the nest entrance, as do most social insects, colonies of this species also have guards that hover near the entrance at all times.