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Friday, 6 April 2012

Japanese bees cook enemy in 'bee ball'

When confronted with their arch-enemy, the aggressive giant Asian hornet, the honeybees will attack it by swarming en masse around the hornet and forming what scientists call a "hot defensive bee ball" - a move unique to their species. With up to 500 bees all vibrating their flight muscles at once, the bee ball cooks the hornet to death.


Dr CLÉiRIGh at 05:06
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