Eli5: If ants love sugar, and bees make honey, why aren’t bee hives constantly attacked by ants?
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In some southern states beekeepers will actually put the leg stands of some raised hives in containers of water to prevent small insects that will rob a weakened hive. In theory the water will prevent small insects from reaching the stand legs and crawling up into the hive.
Source: I am a beekeeper
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