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What would bees use fire for? Humans used it to create more edible food, for metallurgy, generate warmth, etc. I'm not sure if bees would need that, since honey is energy dense, they have built in weapons, and they sort of hibernate in the cold. And they don't have the ability to stoke and generate fire do they, human hands and cognition are useful fire tenders.

Maybe given millions of years of further evolution, bees or ants could become more capable in their culture?



What would bees use fire for? Same thing they use everything for: education. Specifically teaching all other animals not to mess with bees.


If bees often seem to feel the need to teach you that, consider perhaps improving the diligence of your study.




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