The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate — Discoveries from a Secret World

by Peter Wohlleben

This is because a tree can be only as strong as the forest that surrounds it.

Scientists have determined that slow growth when the tree is young is a prerequisite if a tree is to live to a ripe old age.

Then there are forest ants, which love the honeydew the aphids excrete so much that they slurp it up right from the aphids’ backsides. To speed up the process, the ants stroke the aphids with their antennae, stimulating them to excrete the honeydew.