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Watch 30 Hornets kick the crap out of 30,000 Bees!! (No Joke.)
Incredible. The European honeybees have no defense against this predator. Try as the might, the stings have little effect on the hornets. You can actually see the hornets ripping the heads off the bees.
I think I saw one hornet with a Broncos jersey and a bee with a Raiders jersey.
That's probably the real story behind this massacre.
Incredible. The European honeybees have no defense against this predator. Try as the might, the stings have little effect on the hornets. You can actually see the hornets ripping the heads off the bees.
I think I saw one hornet with a Broncos jersey and a bee with a Raiders jersey.
That's probably the real story behind this massacre.
I've seen these. These are those big Japanese Hornets. Those suckers get up to 2 inches long, which quite a big Hornet!!
I saw a bit about them on one of the Discovery channels. This guy had to wear a protective suit much more intense than your avarage bee suit. As you can see, they dont sting, they bite, hard!
Little sharks with wings! Glad we dont have them here.....
I wonder if African bees are a better match up against these hornets? African bees are way more aggressive, usually attack in bigger numbers and are slightly more poisonus (which makes a difference when they attack in huge numbers).
I wonder if African bees are a better match up against these hornets? African bees are way more aggressive, usually attack in bigger numbers and are slightly more poisonus (which makes a difference when they attack in huge numbers).
I think they would be.
As soon as the scout Hornet was detected, the Africanized bees would attack and therefore may prevent the scout from delivering his laser guided smart jizzum.
I've seen these. These are those big Japanese Hornets. Those suckers get up to 2 inches long, which quite a big Hornet!!
I saw a bit about them on one of the Discovery channels. This guy had to wear a protective suit much more intense than your avarage bee suit. As you can see, they dont sting, they bite, hard!
Little sharks with wings! Glad we dont have them here.....
Cool video TDK!
I think i saw that too jwinn!
What I saw was a show on some of the world's most unsuspecting predators, including frogs, these hornets, piranhas, and baboons killing flamingos.
"The Gagne T-shirt jersey comes with a complimentary can of gasoline and a set of matches."
Those Japanese Giant Hornets are pretty vicious, and welll.... huge. I think it was the same program that detailed how the honeybees in Japan deal with these monster raiders.
The prelude to the raid usually involves a scout locating the bee hive and then notifying her sisters of its whereabouts. In this case the hornet scout is allowed in to the nest without the slightest bit of harassment from the bees. Then, as if there was a signal, all the bees suddenly jump on the hornet creating a writhing ball of bees around her. Their quivering and vibrations causes the heat in the ball to rise. These hornets can only tolerate temperatures of 115-117 F. The bees can tolerate 118-119 F. Soon the hornet is dead and the location of the bees' colony dies with her. Sure, a few bees die in the process, but it's much better than the alternative.
Those Japanese Giant Hornets are pretty vicious, and welll.... huge. I think it was the same program that detailed how the honeybees in Japan deal with these monster raiders.
The prelude to the raid usually involves a scout locating the bee hive and then notifying her sisters of its whereabouts. In this case the hornet scout is allowed in to the nest without the slightest bit of harassment from the bees. Then, as if there was a signal, all the bees suddenly jump on the hornet creating a writhing ball of bees around her. Their quivering and vibrations causes the heat in the ball to rise. These hornets can only tolerate temperatures of 115-117 F. The bees can tolerate 118-119 F. Soon the hornet is dead and the location of the bees' colony dies with her. Sure, a few bees die in the process, but it's much better than the alternative.
Pretty smart!
Must of taken a few thousand years for them bees to figure that out.
Pretty smart!
Must of taken a few thousand years for them bees to figure that out.
No kidding! I've seen too that apiologists are looking to infuse imported European bee colonies in Japan with Japanese honeybees in the hopes that this behavior will somehow be learned by the Euros. I don't know exactly how that would work with them being different species, but it's interesting nonetheless.
No kidding! I've seen too that apiologists are looking to infuse imported European bee colonies in Japan with Japanese honeybees in the hopes that this behavior will somehow be learned by the Euros. I don't know exactly how that would work with them being different species, but it's interesting nonetheless.
Maybe the Japanese bees can teach karate to the European bees?
And by the way, these "mixtures" are sort of common. The case I remember, when Africanized bees were expanding all around the continent, some producers noticed that European bees were mixing with these bees and were aquiring some habits that worried some honey producers.
As we can see from the movie, Japanese bees need to deal with more natural predators than European bees, maybe the goal is improving their defense mechanisms.
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