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Vulture bees are a small group of three closely related North American stingless bee species in the genus Trigona which feed on rotting meat. They substitute meat for pollen, and create an edible substance resembling honey!
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Vulture bees, much like maggots, usually enter the carcass through the eyes. They will then root around inside gathering the meat suitable for their needs. The vulture bee salivates on the rotting flesh and then consumes it, storing the flesh in its special stomach compartment. When it returns to the hive, this meat is vomited and processed by a worker bee, which breaks the meat down into an edible substance resembling honey. This substance is then placed into pot-like containers within the hive until it is time to feed the immature bees.
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As intriguing as a corpse-honey might sound, there’s no record of this ever being tried. However, experts strongly advise against trying it – not because the substance might make humans sick, but because vulture bees only store enough of it to sustain their hives, unlike European honeybees who produce far more than they need.
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Photo 1: Jose Renaldo da Fonseca
Photo 2: Art | Flickr
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