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.
If banks were guarded by 20-foot-tall flying Navy Seals with giant spears, I bet there would be fewer bank robberies. This situation is analogous.
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