Ants lurk for bees, but bees see ambush

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.