30 hornets vs 30,000 bee's...
Originally Posted by Daredevil
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i saw this about 2 months ago for the first time, on another site i frequent, but i ran into and i don't give a ***** if you've seen it on this board, ima still post
i saw this about 2 months ago for the first time, on another site i frequent, but i ran into and i don't give a ***** if you've seen it on this board, ima still post
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Here.. I found this on another forum, kinda cool
Looks like that video was shot in japan for the effect of what the giant wasp can do
I guess the giant hornet is only indigious to Japan, while the honey bee is not. I would assume that the normal size hornet we would find in the US cannot do the same thing to a honey bee colony.
The most amazing part is that the honeybees actually have a way to kill the invading monster... in the video they show something like a dozen honeybees surround the wasp, then they wiggle their bodies to raise the wasp's body temperature by only one degree... the bees survive the slight temperature increase, the wasp does not... very cool what nature has to throw at us!
I guess the giant hornet is only indigious to Japan, while the honey bee is not. I would assume that the normal size hornet we would find in the US cannot do the same thing to a honey bee colony.
Last edited by Max Xevious; May 16, 2004 at 11:55 AM.
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England has hornets but I don't think they're as big as those. They are really hostile though. We got a nest in my parents' back yard. If they saw you walking toward the nest, they would chase you off. We had to call a pest control guy in to get rid of them.
Another quote about the Japanese type:
"A small but highly efficient killing machine—a hornet two inches long and with a wingspan up to three inches—lurks in the mountains of Japan. The voracious predator has a quarter-inch stinger that pumps out a dose of venom with an enzyme so strong it can dissolve human tissue.
Bees, other hornet species, and larger insects such as praying mantises are no match for the giant hornets, which often stalk their prey in relentless armies. Just one of these hornets can kill 40 European honeybees a minute; a handful of the creatures can slaughter 30,000 European honeybees within hours, leaving a trail of severed insect heads and limbs.
People are not the Japanese giant hornet's usual prey, but those who have felt its sting describe the pain as excruciating. Masato Ono, an entomologist at Tamagawa University, near Tokyo, said it's "like a hot nail through my leg."
Someone who is stung by the hornet and doesn't receive proper treatment soon thereafter can die from the venom, which is powerful enough to disintegrate human flesh. About 40 people die each year after being stung by giant hornets, mainly as a result of an allergic reaction to the venom."
Another quote about the Japanese type:
"A small but highly efficient killing machine—a hornet two inches long and with a wingspan up to three inches—lurks in the mountains of Japan. The voracious predator has a quarter-inch stinger that pumps out a dose of venom with an enzyme so strong it can dissolve human tissue.
Bees, other hornet species, and larger insects such as praying mantises are no match for the giant hornets, which often stalk their prey in relentless armies. Just one of these hornets can kill 40 European honeybees a minute; a handful of the creatures can slaughter 30,000 European honeybees within hours, leaving a trail of severed insect heads and limbs.
People are not the Japanese giant hornet's usual prey, but those who have felt its sting describe the pain as excruciating. Masato Ono, an entomologist at Tamagawa University, near Tokyo, said it's "like a hot nail through my leg."
Someone who is stung by the hornet and doesn't receive proper treatment soon thereafter can die from the venom, which is powerful enough to disintegrate human flesh. About 40 people die each year after being stung by giant hornets, mainly as a result of an allergic reaction to the venom."
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Originally Posted by Scott@S-Squared
Here.. I found this on another forum, kinda cool
Looks like that video was shot in japan for the effect of what the giant wasp can do
I guess the giant hornet is only indigious to Japan, while the honey bee is not. I would assume that the normal size hornet we would find in the US cannot do the same thing to a honey bee colony.
Looks like that video was shot in japan for the effect of what the giant wasp can do
I guess the giant hornet is only indigious to Japan, while the honey bee is not. I would assume that the normal size hornet we would find in the US cannot do the same thing to a honey bee colony.
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That was some good filming... When's that guy gonna make the feature film hollywood style??? With aleins for hornets of coarse... Hornets=30,000+
bees=3
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