Bees don't have lungs.
Bees don't have lungs.
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Beekeepers intentionally use smoke to make bees docile during collection time, transfers, etc
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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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You're telling me the bees get the munchies when they smoke...
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Pretty shitty instinct if it means they end up sleeping instead of fleeing.
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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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