hornets

Nature: Honey bees in Asia daub hive entrances with other animals’ faeces to ward off giant hornets

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To ward off attacks by terrifying giant hornets, honey bees in Asia speckle the entrances to their hives with the faeces of other animals, a study has found. Researchers in Vietnam were studying the Asian hornet, Vespa soror — cousin to North America’s ‘murder hornets’ — when they noted the bee’s defensive behaviour. The giant … Read more

Japanese honeybees defend themselves from ‘murder hornets’ by COOKING the invaders to death

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There is a war going on in nature – murderous Asian hornets are invading honeybee hives, and are decapitating the insects and feeding the bodies to their young. However, Japanese honeybees have developed a counter attack that cooks the predators to death. Called ‘hot defensive bee balls,’ more than 500 workers bees surround the hornets … Read more