The video, from a National Geographic documentary called Hornets From Hell, shows a full-scale attack on the honeybees' comb in order that the hornets can get at their larvae.
The mass slaughter is possible because the European honeybees did not grow up around the Japanese hornets and thus have no defence against them.
Rest of the article here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...0-European-honeybees-video.html#ixzz1jPM9eDxk
Given the subject matter, I want to give people a choice of whether or not they want to see this stuff. That's why I'm not posting any of it here. Stills from the video, plus the actual video accompany the article.
The mass slaughter is possible because the European honeybees did not grow up around the Japanese hornets and thus have no defence against them.
Rest of the article here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...0-European-honeybees-video.html#ixzz1jPM9eDxk
Given the subject matter, I want to give people a choice of whether or not they want to see this stuff. That's why I'm not posting any of it here. Stills from the video, plus the actual video accompany the article.