Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon Cannibalism is regarded with horror and fascination by humans but the wider animal kingdom is less troubled by this most fundamental survival strategy. We read of spiders eating their mates after copulation, lions eating cubs fathered by another and owls killing the weakest chick and feeding it to the … Continue reading Beekeeper’s Notes: Bees Can Be Cannibals When They Must, Just Like Humans