Notre Dame Bees Survived Fire

In 2019, about 180,000 bees living in three hives on Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris survived the fire that destroyed the cathedral's spire and much of its roof. Beekeepers later confirmed that the hives had stayed intact, and because bees do not have lungs and breathe through tiny tubes called tracheae, the smoke did not choke them the way it would choke humans. Instead, the smoke calmed them, and they stayed inside the hives until the danger passed.

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