Why do bees store honey?
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During winter, or when resources get scarce (a drought or anything that might decrease flower availability), or when it’s time to swarm, previously stored resources will come in handy. Wasps for example don’t make honey (well, some do, but most don’t) because they don’t need food stores, since their colony only lasts a few months and dies out in the winter, also they don’t usually propagate by swarming, and their overall diet is wider meaning they can exploit other sources of food if one becomes scarce.
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