Amazing footage of Asian hornet attacking a bee hive

[beeboybee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BHEkjBDWKs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Luminos]

They look quite different to the Asian hornets I see here - "ours" don't have yellow faces and are not so stripey

 

[Winker]

Dead link

 

[Ely]

Bloody hope we don't get them here

 

[The Cumbrian]

Are they Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) rather than Asian Hornet - Vespa velutina nigrithorax?

 

[Anduril]

Are they Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) rather than Asian Hornet - Vespa velutina nigrithorax?

 

[MJBee]

Absolutely correct Cumbrian

The Asian hornet Vespa Velutina Nigrithorax, which we have and the UK is likely to get very soon, is much smaller and not so aggressive. Having had them for 4 seasons now I do not believe they are as much of a threat as the press have hyped them up to be. Still a pain though.

PS for Ident purposes my avatar is an asian hornet

 

[Swarm]

Saw a documentary a few years ago that showed similar carnage but went on to show how Asian bees dealt with the Hornets by balling. The Hornets were huge like these but were less colourful, sort of terracotta.

 

[biglongdarren]

i have the dvd of this at home,its from the Bbc's natural world collection. this episode is call Buddha,bees and the giant hornet queen,whole episode is about an hour long,well worth a watching.
Darren

 

[NoBBy]

There was a film on CBBC kids program the other week. They killed almost every Bee in no time at all.

 

[For want of a better word]

My little girl just looked at this and said.. "Amazing Computer Amination" !

 

[user 3204]

As per OP - amazing footage - but Gruesome!

 

[Kate's Bees]

Well that freaked me out a bit! I think if I got those round here I would end up giving up work to sit outside the hive to protect the girls. I'm bad enough with ordinary wasps!

Had to watch a clip of bees balling a hornet to calm down.

 

[WelshPaul]

Wow truly amazing.


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[user 3204]

Had to watch a clip of bees balling a hornet to calm down.

Now that is a good idea - I'm gonna do that too!

 

[snowdoniatours]

That is a brilliant video, unless you're a bee!

Do you have any nucs available this year? if so how much and when would they be available for collection.

Thanks,

Grant

 

[Beeforest]

Had to watch a clip of bees balling a hornet to calm down.

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[biglongdarren]

i was doing an inspection today and while lifting a frame out a very large queen wasp landing on the bottom of it,within seconds she was pounced on and dropped down into the brood box,some how she managed to claw her way up between the frames and made a break for freedom.
i was glad in way she made it out alive.
Darren

 

[stuart]

What do you do if a hornet enters your hive

 

[Hivemaker.]

What do you do if a hornet enters your hive

Watch it come back out again.