Festooning bees are my favorite! This bee behavior is called ‘festooning’ and it’s actually how bees work together to build the amazing honeycomb structure of a beehive. They link their legs together to form a little living chain of bees, and while we know this behavior is associated with building honeycomb—the exact reason why they do this remains a mystery. Some people think festooning is a way of measuring the distance they need to build comb, or to act as scaffolding to pass wax from one bee

⁣ Watch until the end! ⁣ ⁣ This is my all-time favorite bee behavior! It’s called ‘festooning’ and it’s actually how bees work together to build the amazing honeycomb structure of a beehive. They link their legs together to form a little living chain of bees called a ‘festoon’. And while we know this behavior is associated with building comb—the exact reason why bees do this remains a mystery. ⁣ ⁣ Some people think festooning is a way that bees measure the distance of space they have available t

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