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At least all I have to deal with are brown recluses. Have fun watching Mother Nature at her best.http://www.cracked.com/article_15816_5-most-horrifying-bugs-in-world.html
Quote from: Friar Tuck on February 01, 2008, 10:10:00 AMAt least all I have to deal with are brown recluses. Have fun watching Mother Nature at her best.http://www.cracked.com/article_15816_5-most-horrifying-bugs-in-world.html I think that Africanized bees are already here. I know a beekeeper who got out of the business because of them.* Callaway runs screaming from the room.
Quote from: Callaway on February 01, 2008, 10:30:06 AMQuote from: Friar Tuck on February 01, 2008, 10:10:00 AMAt least all I have to deal with are brown recluses. Have fun watching Mother Nature at her best.http://www.cracked.com/article_15816_5-most-horrifying-bugs-in-world.html I think that Africanized bees are already here. I know a beekeeper who got out of the business because of them.* Callaway runs screaming from the room.http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/sep/stories/kbees.htmlTexas, Arizona, Nevada, California, and New Mexico.
You'll never self-actualize the subconscious canopy of stardust with that attitude.
Although a handful of Asian giant hornets can easily defeat the defenses of many individual honey bees, whose small stings cannot inflict much damage against such a large predator, the Japanese honey bee (Apis cerana japonica) has evolved a collective defence.When a hornet scout locates and approaches a Japanese honey bee hive it will emit specific pheromonal hunting signals. When the honey bees detect these pheromones, a hundred or so will gather near the entrance of the nest and keep it open, apparently to draw the hornet further into the hive or allow it to enter on its own. As the hornet enters the nest, a large mob of about five hundred honey bees surround it, completely covering it and preventing it from moving, and begin quickly vibrating their flight muscles. This has the effect of raising the temperature of the honey bee mass to 47 °C (117 °F). The honey bees can just tolerate this temperature, but the hornets cannot survive more than 45 °C (113 °F), and die. Often several bees perish along with the intruder, but the death of the hornet scout prevents it from bringing reinforcements which could wipe out the colony.
Native honey bees are not defenseless against the Asian giant hornet.
Quote from: Princess Biscuit on February 01, 2008, 08:12:12 PMNative honey bees are not defenseless against the Asian giant hornet.I'd heard of that tactic before, but didn't realize these were the hornets it worked against.Nature is fricking impressive.
