But a new study shows that honeybees from a species native to Japan have developed a unique defensive strategy: slapping.
A bee's neat, precise wing-slap reminds you of someone that really delivers a perfect hit on the golf ball, says Gro Amdam, a biologist at Arizona State University.
When I observed wing-slapping with the naked eye, I couldn't understand the details of the behavior because it was so quick, says study co-author Kiyohito Morii.
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