NATURE’S WEIRDEST ANIMALS…
Sep 14, 2022
1 minute
HP
THE HONEYPOT ANT
ees aren’t the only insects to make honey, some ants can make the sweet treat too. The honeypot lives in the deserts of Australia where worker bees harvest nectar from the flowers of the mulga tree. The bees carry it underground and feed it to specialised workers known as ‘rotunds’ whose job it is to dangle upside down and eat. Indeed, the tubby little insects are fed so much nectar that their abdomens swell up to the size of a small grape, and the abdomen wall is stretched so thin that the honey can be seen inside.
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