Editing Beekeeping (section)

=== Predators ===
Most predators prefer not to eat honeybees due to their unpleasant sting. Common honeybee predators include large animals such as skunks and bears, which seek the hive's honey and brood, as well as adult bees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sciencing.com/predators-honeybee-8151103.html|title=What are some predators of the honeybee?|website=sciencing.com|access-date=2019-11-19|archive-date=2020-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726075826/https://sciencing.com/predators-honeybee-8151103.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Some birds will also eat bees, (for example, [[bee-eater]]s, as do some robber flies, such as ''[[Mallophora ruficauda]]'', which is a pest of apiculture in South America due to its habit of eating workers while they are foraging in meadows.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Castelo|first1=Marcela K|last2=Lazzari|first2=Claudio R|date=2004-04-01|title=Host-seeking behavior in larvae of the robber fly Mallophora ruficauda (Diptera: Asilidae)|journal=Journal of Insect Physiology |volume=50|issue=4 |pages=331–336 |doi=10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.02.002 |pmid=15081826 |bibcode=2004JInsP..50..331C |issn=0022-1910 }}</ref>