Ants have more personality than bees IMO.
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Ants have more personality than bees IMO. Bees mostly interact with plants and each other, and this makes them more placid in some ways. Ants have conflicts and partners in crime, uneasy alliances, and all kinds of interactions with every other insect in their area and they are literally "up in" everyone's business constantly. Even the bees who are bewildered by this and end up building "ant proof*" entrances to their nests in many places.
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Ants have more personality than bees IMO. Bees mostly interact with plants and each other, and this makes them more placid in some ways. Ants have conflicts and partners in crime, uneasy alliances, and all kinds of interactions with every other insect in their area and they are literally "up in" everyone's business constantly. Even the bees who are bewildered by this and end up building "ant proof*" entrances to their nests in many places.
*conditions may apply
@futurebird Okay, I'm interested in this "ant-proof" thing. Got any examples?
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Ants have more personality than bees IMO. Bees mostly interact with plants and each other, and this makes them more placid in some ways. Ants have conflicts and partners in crime, uneasy alliances, and all kinds of interactions with every other insect in their area and they are literally "up in" everyone's business constantly. Even the bees who are bewildered by this and end up building "ant proof*" entrances to their nests in many places.
*conditions may apply
@futurebird those are fighting words
I have spent countless hours at feeders observing honey bees, and they have GREAT personalities. And on top: they are CUTE.
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@futurebird those are fighting words
I have spent countless hours at feeders observing honey bees, and they have GREAT personalities. And on top: they are CUTE.I've never seen a bee do anything sneaky.
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@futurebird Okay, I'm interested in this "ant-proof" thing. Got any examples?
I was looking for some examples of stingless bee nest entrances to show you but instead I found another paper I need to read.
Stingless bees have very interesting nest entrances designs ... mostly to keep out ants at night.
But this paper is about ants and bees living together for some reason.
