Some Australian bees engage in extreme, months-long warfare led by females, which includes dragging the young outside the nest to die, a new study says.
When two species of Australia's stingless bees go to battle, an extraordinary amount of carnage ensues, according to a new study.
During this extreme warfare, thousands of worker bees from both sides perish, and young from the losing side are dragged out of the nest to die—a previously unseen behavior described in the December issue of the American Naturalist.
