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Mating

  • In a bee hive, most bees work hard collecting pollen from flowers, except the queen, who doesn't even have to leave her hive.
  • Firefly flashes are actually mating signals. Male fireflies cruise the evening air, flashing their lanterns in a pattern characteristic of their species, looking for females of their own kind.
  • Male hummers are extremely aggressive. They even stab each other!