When we find it hard to get along with others, we should look to the Animal Kingdom for inspiration.Particularly an unexplained act of kindness by a group of ants.
When we find it hard to get along with others, we should look to the Animal Kingdom for inspiration.Particularly an unexplained act of kindness by a group of ants. 
The video shows a bumble bee sitting on some gravel and surrounded by pinkish-purple flower petals. Then you see some petals inching toward the bee.
Webinger, who works in Stillwater, Minnesota, was shocked by the display. So, was the rest of the internet. Her video ended up going viral.
I have put Twitter back on my phone specifically to show you these circular arrangements of petals i found around multiple ᴅᴇᴀᴅ bees. if you are a scientist who knows what the hell is going on here, please tell me! pic.twitter.com/h3D8u89WxG
— sophie klahr (@sophieklahr) August 28, 2022
“It figures, then, that they’d be sensitive to the chemical signaling of other animals.”“In the case of these ᴅᴇᴀᴅ bees, it’s not known why they died – but their corpses are likely sending the ants some kind of message, and so it’s possible their floristry is a response to this.”
The ants might also see the bees as their next meal.Putting the flower petals over the bees might be an attempt to cover their meal, so other scavengers don’t get it.
Another theory is that the bees emitted a signal that the ants should tidy up.Ants love to clean and practice necrophoresis to keep their colony areas tidy.
