Giant Hornets Kill 42 in China

[scotspine1]

Probably heading this way soon what with global warming and all that -

 

Swarms of deadly hornets kill 42 people and injure over 1,600 in China | Mail Online

[breffni]

I remember seeing a program about how the Asian honeybees allow a hornet into the nest and then surround it and suffocate it before it can alert the other hornets and how European bees because they haven't evolved with them attack one by one.

 

 

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[Horatio]

Probably heading this way soon what with global warming and all that -

 

Swarms of deadly hornets kill 42 people and injure over 1,600 in China | Mail Online

 

Bet them buggers rattle something deafening

[Tom D]

Never took you for a Daily Mail man Tim.

[will.morris]

Scary stuff!! Removing some phoenix palms about 6monthes ago we came into contact with a huge swarm of bees. It was a big job with about 8 workers on site, must have looked quite comical to see us all running back to the trucks all carrying 46/66s lol.

[Bren.]

I remember seeing a program about how the Asian honeybees allow a hornet into the nest and then surround it and suffocate it before it can alert the other hornets and how European bees because they haven't evolved with them attack one by one.

 

 

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They don't suffocate them. The bees surround the hornet and begin to vibrate their wings, this creates heat. The bees can tolerate a temperature about 2 degrees higher than the hornet and so can kill the invading scout. This does only work with a single scout, if the scout escapes, then it will summon the rest of the hornets from its nest and the bees are doomed.

[ballibeg]

Sadly European bees don't have that instinct. Hence the large losses of colonies from Asian hornets as the hornets advance up through France.

 

Dave