Bees Kill A Giant Hornet With Heat | Buddha, Bees and The Giant Hornet Queen | BBC Earth

Summary by Krater

This video details how Japanese honeybees defend their hive from giant hornets by luring a scout inside and surrounding it in a vibrating ball of bees to roast it to death.

From the video

Answers: How do Japanese honeybees defend their hive against giant hornets?

• Japanese honeybee
• giant hornet defense
• beekeeping in Japan
• bee social behavior
• thermal balling defense

What it concludes

• Japanese bees lure scout hornets inside the hive rather than attacking them immediately.
• Japanese bees form a vibrating ball around an intruder to raise the temperature and suffocate it.
• Japanese bees have a heat tolerance two degrees higher than giant hornets, allowing them to roast the aggressor alive at 46 degrees Celsius.