2023年6月29日 · Some steps, such as the bird seeing and approaching the badger, are highly plausible. Others, such as the honeyguide chattering to the badger, and the badger following it to a bees’ nest, remain unclear. Badgers have poor hearing and bad eyesight, which isn’t ideal for following a chattering honeyguide bird.

As suggested by both their common and scientific names (Mellivora capensis means "honey eater of the Cape"), honey badgers have always been associated with bees. Apart from man, they are the most destructive mammalian predators of honeybees in Africa and they can and do cause substantial losses to both traditional and commercial beekeepers.

2023年6月29日 · Here, we review the evidence that honey badgers and honeyguides cooperate to access bees' nests, drawing from the published literature, from our own observations whilst studying both species, and by conducting 394 interviews with honey-hunters in 11 communities across nine African countries.

As the Nature on PBS program details, beekeeper Guy Stubbs tries to devise a hive that will thwart them, but effective badger-proof hives prove difficult to design. When Stubbs is ready to field...

Written accounts of badger-honeyguide cooperation begin with the honeyguide calling to the badger and conspicuously flying in the direction of a bees’ nest, much as honeyguides do when cooperating with humans (Isack & Reyer, 1989). The badger reportedly follows the bird, locates the bees’ nest and

2023年8月31日 · The Badger, relying on its powerful sense of smell, follows the Honeyguide bird to the hidden beehive. Together, they work as a team to access the honey, with the Honeyguide bird feeding on the sweet treat while the Badger consumes the bees and larvae.

2023年6月29日 · “While researching honeyguides, we have been guided to bees’ nests by honeyguide birds thousands of times, but none of us have ever seen a bird and a badger interact to find honey,” says Dr ...

2020年1月22日 · Rooted in their name ‘honey’ badger, many people mistakenly believes that honey badgers eat honey, while in fact they raid beehives in search for bee larvae, causing conflict with bee farmers. The Greater Honeyguide birds have an opportunistic relationship with honey badgers as it has been observed to feed on the scraps from the bee hives ...

2023年7月17日 · Here, we review the evidence that honey badgers and honeyguides cooperate to access bees' nests, drawing from the published literature, from our own observations whilst studying both species, and...

2023年7月3日 · The researchers reconstructed the procedures required for honeyguide birds and honey badgers to collaborate, demonstrating that some phases, such as the bird seeing and approaching the badger, are feasible. Others, such as the honeyguide talking to the badger and the badger following it to a bee’s nest, are unknown.