From the brains behind brains on, this is the Moment of Um.

Moment of Um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Ruby Guthrie.

Hey friends. I'm so glad you could join me on this picnic. Isn't it gorgeous outside?

It just feels so good to lay out in the sun. I brought all the essentials. I've got my big floppy

hat and sunscreen because we can never skip on the SPF. I've got lots of bubbly water to stay hydrated,

a deck of cards to stay entertained, and my ABBA keychain for good luck. Plus, we can't forget

the snacks. They're like the whole point of the picnic. Are they not? I've got carrots and hummus, potato chips, pretzels, egg salad sandwiches, and almond cake for dessert. Oh, hey, what are all these ants doing here? Hey, ants, this almond cake isn't for you. I know you like sweets and all, but like, ask me first.

I guess just this once I can share a small piece with you.

Dang, look at them go. They are devouring this cake. They might like sugar more than Sandin.

And that's really saying something because Sandin has a major sweet tooth.

Since ants like sugar so much, I wonder if they ever try to get honey from beehives.

Emerson was curious about this too.

Hi, my name is Emerson from Swanton, Ohio.

I would like to know if ants like, shoot her sweet things, why don't they attack beehives?

Well, actually, ants definitely do find and attack beehives.

Hi, my name is Dr. Linaño and I am a bee researcher and educator at UC Davis. They usually go after the brood, which is the developing honeybees inside

the colony. They will go inside, take away the eggs so you can often see them carrying the eggs out of the colony.

And they can actually devastate the colony, so they can kill the colony by getting rid of or essentially stealing the brood from them.

We can definitely help bees prepare for ant attacks, and this is what we often do by putting

usually soapy water at the bottom of the hive. Hives are usually on stands, so for example,

cinder blocks or a little, we give them little legs essentially that they can sit on.

So we can put some soapy water in, for example, tuna can,

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