Can bees really smell your fear of them?
2007-02-27 04:36:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
A bees defensive attack is based on vision. They see silhouettes, shapes and even colours rather than using olfactory detection. If you are scared enough to squish a bee that is around you then yes they will smell this. Most social insects release pheromones, commonly known as alarm pheromones to call other members of the colony to an area where an attacker is attacking the nest.
2007-02-27 08:00:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have read that some bees and wasps pick up on carbon dioxide that you exhale. That's is why they sometimes fly at your face. A show I saw showed a man in a protective suit and respirator went into a wasp nest and the wasps didn't harm him because he was not omitting the carbon dioxide due to the respirator.
2007-02-27 06:11:46 · answer #2 · answered by eva diane 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not exactly. Bees can sense a heightened pheromone level that they hone in on.
2007-02-27 04:40:22 · answer #3 · answered by kja63 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋