A tropical ant hunts bees by setting ambushes. However, the bees have developed a trick or two of their own.
CARRY OUT. After an ambush, an ant carries home a dead bee (arrow). M. Guerra/STRI
The New World ant Ectatomma ruidum waits outside the tiny holes in the ground that lead to nests of the sweat bee Lasioglossum umbripenne, explains William T.
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