New research reveals that vulture bees who eat dead animals share constituents of their gut microbiome with other scavengers like hyenas and – you guessed
[Typically, bees don’t eat meat. However, a species of stingless bee in the tropics has evolved the ability to do so, presumably due to intense competition for nectar. UC Riverside scientists find these bees' guts resemble those of hyenas and other carrion feeders.]