30 Hornets vs. 30,000 Bees

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Interesting little documentary footage of 30 Japanese giant hornets attacking a European honey bee hive of 30,000.

And to prompt people to respond to this thread with snide/clever remarks and maybe even turn it into another one of those America vs. Europe threads:

Perhaps the European bees should have called on some American bees if they wanted to win... :mischief:

(all in good fun people!)


edit: upon testing the link, it seems that the auto-censor has blanked out part of the url. Replace the five *'s with a synonym for female dog.
 
apparently the autocensor has censored part of your link.. thus it doesn't work :crazyeye:
 
Yes! Yes! Yes!

A quick google search of 'japanese wasps vs bees' yielded the video.

YES! As a poster on another forum put it, 'Those bees got f-ing owned!"
 
Owned ???? heck Australian bees are one of the few species that dont have stingers.
Thou we do have the worlds Most deadly, ants, spiders, snakes, jellfish ......
 
I think its taken from the documentary "built for the kill", the narrator sounds like that guy from it even though I never watched this one before.
 
I'm wondering how humans can fare so poorly against bees when these hornets can deal so much ownage. Of course part of the reason might be because I've never actually seen a hornet.

"...but even when their stingers penetrate the hornets' thick armour, the hornets continue to attack." Those hornets are real bad@sses.
 
Why pick on the peace-loving European Honey Bees? :sad:

They are probably the only bee-type I actually like. Small, safe with children, and produce the best honey! What more can you ask for?

They are also a dying breed thanks to the spread of psychotic American and African honey bees :sad:
 
whoa!!! the hornets were cutting the bees head off!!! and a question: do hornets die after giving one sting?
 
CoolioVonHoolio said:
whoa!!! the hornets were cutting the bees head off!!! and a question: do hornets die after giving one sting?
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No, I'm quite sure that Hornet stingers grow back. Not that it realy mattered here, this was all head-biting action!

Anyone who claims that war is a human invention should watch this movie.
 
Yuri2356 said:
Anyone who claims that war is a human invention should watch this movie.
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just like watching a video on ants and watching them attack a termite colony--bad*ss action!
 
I don't think any have stings that grow back :)

The shapes of stings differ though. Some species have needle-like stings that can be used over and again, while others (i.e. bees) have hook-shaped stings that stay in the target and are pulled out of the insect when it tries to escape. Some have no sting.

Having the sting (and attached organs) pulled out of it would kill any hymenoptera.
 
Yuri2356 said:
Anyone who claims that war is a human invention should watch this movie.
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This wasn't war. This was annihalation.

Those hornets should be tried for war crimes.




:p
 
I saw this documentary. Later they show what happens when the same type of hornet tries to attack a hive of japanese honeybees. the bees attack by pilling themsleves up on top of the hornet, covering it. Using a temp senser camera, they show the temp within the mass of bees going up to 45 degrees celcius killing the hornet. the bees can survive to a temp of 48 degrees so they don't die.

Edit: hornet stingers don't break off, so the hornet can keep stinging repeatedly.
 
An interesting fact is that while European honey bees stand no chance against the Japanese hornets (because they don't have any natural defense against them), Japanese bees seem to be able to defend their nests quite well against the hornets.

How, you ask?

The Japanese bees can smell the pharamone left by the scout hornet, and so they all mobilize to defend the nest when they smell it. Once the hornets come, the Japanese bees launch a massive attack, enveloping the hornets in giant balls of bees. They do not sting the hornets, but rather let the combined body heat generated by all their wings and bodies cause the hornets to be roasted alive! :devil:
 
Hornet Leader in an address to the troops before the battle:

This war isnt about honey. Anyone who says it is, is a traitor, and deserves the same fate our hated enemies will soon enjoy at our hands. This war is about preserving our precious family values. We love our children dont we! Of course we do! Then join me brothers as I cry 'The only good bee, is a DEAD bee!!'
 
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