Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Amazing Bees

Asian honeybees overwhelm far larger wasps by surrounding each wasp with a compressed mass of bees, which increase their muscle activity and thus their energy output until the temperature in the ball exceeds 45.7 degrees C and the wasp dies. The bees can withstand an additional five degrees, providing a narrow margin of survival.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050924/fob5.asp

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