Honey bees are bullying other bees, scientists discover

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHoneybees are chasing wild pollinators off flowers around Cambridge, England, and researchers watched it happen for ninety-three hours, ScienceDaily reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich means someone sat in a field for ninety-three hours and wrote down every shove. I'd call that a very thorough neighbourhood watch.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOnly one species pushed back, the ivy bee, which first showed up in Britain in two thousand one.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the newest bee on the block is the one who fights.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen it's our Pet of the Day. This ceremony is now in session, and I'm already a little emotional.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAlready?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIts title is Defender of the Bramble, Ivy Division, Unbowed Since Two Thousand One.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentStat line: ninety-three hours of observation, one species willing to fight honeybees, and a hundred percent of the fighting done by that one species.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPer the notes. Roughly.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the lead author, Victoria Buckle, says the point is to help wild pollinators, with beekeeping left alone.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorShe's being so fair to the honeybees, and I think that's lovely.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI just want this tiny bee to know that when everyone else left the flower, it stayed, and it stood its ground, and we see you. Rating: ten out of ten, pollen on the carpet.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the honeybees can take notes. Ninety-three hours of them, apparently.