This queen bee can survive underwater for a week

Researchers just discovered that queens of a certain bumblebee species can survive a flood while diapausing.

When they drained the water, they found that these bumblebee queens hadn’t died. The scientists decided to conduct another study — how long can they stay submerged underwater during diapause? The scientists then divided up the queens. They kept 17 as a control group and submerged the rest in water. In the underwater group, they allowed some to float to the surface, but they pushed the others down with a plunger to keep them totally underwater to test a couple of possible flooding conditions.

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Queen bumblebees surprise scientists by surviving underwaterBumblebees can surprisingly withstand days underwater, according to a study published Wednesday, suggesting they could withstand increased floods brought on by climate change that threaten their winter hibernation burrows.
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