Eli5: If ants love sugar, and bees make honey, why aren’t bee hives constantly attacked by ants?

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Eli5: If ants love sugar, and bees make honey, why aren’t bee hives constantly attacked by ants?

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Ants do attack beehives. I had a robust hive destroyed. In spite of the bees defenses the ants were small enough to create paths and attacked the frames from the inside out. I did enjoy pouring boiling water onto the ant mound in revenge.

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