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AT your request for information on the above I beg to say that I have observed both the flycatchers alluded to by your correspondent, and also the little blue tit (Parus cærulea) attack the humble bees in the manner described, to extract the honey-bag. This attacking the bees is not, so far as my experience goes, a general characteristic of these birds, and what should lead them to it occasionally I cannot ascertain.
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PARFITT, E. Bisected Humble Bees. Nature 24, 357 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024357c0
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