Comment on Bees don't have lungs.

count_dongulus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  However, what I’ve heard from a beekeeper is that the smoke triggers a flight response in them (from fire) so they consume honey ready to flee, and that’s actual what makes them docile/drowsy.

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  • faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re telling me the bees get the munchies when they smoke…

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  • EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Pretty shitty instinct if it means they end up sleeping instead of fleeing.

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    • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think if it comes to it they just flee, drowsily, with full bellies of honey - so they’ve got energy to fly and something left over to start the new hive.

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