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Stingless Bees Guard Tasty Honey With Barricades, Bouncers and Bites

Season 11 Episode 7 | 6m 15s

The honeybee that sweetens your tea isn’t the only kind of bee that makes honey. More than 600 bee species across Mexico, Central and South America, and other tropical regions worldwide, also make the sweet stuff. But they don’t have stingers to defend their precious product. So, how do they keep thieves away? And what does their honey taste like?

Aired: 05/27/24

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