Well, with party season behind us now, let’s delve into the ubiquity of alcohol during the holidays. They can also get fatty liver on top of cirrhosis (dead cell patches in the liver), adding insult to injury. Even though honeybees can slowly adapt to alcohol – honeybees exposed to alcohol previously metabolized it faster. [5],[6] Then again, they are social hornets, and heavy drinking may be part of their party culture. [2] Vujasinovic, M., Kocar, M., Kramer, K., Bunc, M. and Brvar, M. (2007).