Hornet fight wmv

Spudminister

did you know that 30 hornets can take on an army of 30,000 bees?

bundle!

Son_of_Belial

That's pretty insane! Thank god we don't get those things here!

John

:eek: That is mad! The commentary was hilarious though and the sound effects were a bit much but :eek:!

Nietzschean

thats cool...sound like nice toy's for stopping killer bee's n dat...

DrIndy

Hornets are bad brutes, glad I never encountered them here. They bite AND sting the ass off you....

Creature

I encountered a hornet much like the ones in that video in the south of France before in a house I was staying in. The damn thing was enormous and gave me quite the fright when I first saw it hovering about. It flew around the upper part of the house before leaving after about 20 minutes. Going from that video I'm certainly glad I didn't try to "force" it to leave!

Lex_Diamonds

Great camera work, ****ty, ****ty soundtrack.

Screaming bees anyone?!

Saruman

Jaysus.. i felt sorry for the poor bees.

Lex Luthor

Saw a 1hr documentary on Nat Geo last night called "Hornets from Hell" and the clip above was part of the show. The script for the commentary was the same but the narrator was not as dramatic as in the clip, but the sound effects were the same.
It happened in a small village in Japan where most of the business there is bee keeping. They even had a memorial service afterwards for what they called the "fallen ones"....
These giant hornets are serious fighters....they showed one take on a preying mantis and decapitate it...poetic justice I say against the mantis...the giant hornet is even known to attack hives of the cousin, the yellow hornet.
However, they met their match when they tried to take over a hive of Japanese honey bees.
The scout hornet went into the hive as usual to spray it's feremone, but the bees were waiting for it. It a split second, about a thousand bees jumped on the hornet and they all start to vibrate. They bring the temp of the ball of bees up to 117deg F. A hornets max body temp is 115deg where it can survive, but the bees is 118deg. Obviously the poor bee in the middle has to make the call when the hornet has been fried.
Great stuff.

wheresthebeef

that sounds really interesting. nice use of adaptations.

Ravelleman

Lex Luthor wrote:

However, they met their match when they tried to take over a hive of Japanese honey bees. The scout hornet went into the hive as usual to spray it's feremone, but the bees were waiting for it. It a split second, about a thousand bees jumped on the hornet and they all start to vibrate. They bring the temp of the ball of bees up to 117deg F. A hornets max body temp is 115deg where it can survive, but the bees is 118deg. Obviously the poor bee in the middle has to make the call when the hornet has been fried.
Great stuff.

Damn! I was hoping no one would have posted that fact already so it could make me look more intelligent than I really am.