To douse hot hives, honeybee colonies launch water squadrons
New study reveals roles, communication among social insects at time of crisis

SUPER GULP When a honeybee colony gets too hot, specialist drinker bees fly off to collect water (one shown tanking up at a pond dotted with duckweed plants).
Helga R. Heilmann
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