This method sounds familiar… – IOTW Report

This method sounds familiar…

Thought extinct, members of the Epeoloides pilosulus, or cuckoo bee species were found last week in a Wisconsin’s Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. Characterized by its Kleptoparasitic behavior, the cuckoo bee plants its egg in another bee’s hive, which then hatches and feasts on the host. More

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  1. “.. As it turns out, 15% of all bees in the world exhibit this behavior, known as kleptoparasitism, which literally means “parasitism by theft”.

    Parasitism is defined as a relationship between two species in which one species benefits while the other gets harmed.”

    Oh, now doesn’t that sounds way to familiar?
    It just might be the model for “anchor babies” too.

    https://www.planetbee.org/planet-bee-blog//native-bee-series-cuckoo-bees .

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