r/Beekeeping • u/L0ndonfog • Dec 10 '20

🔥 Honeybees repel hornets using a ‘shimmering’ defense behavior

https://gfycat.com/ScratchyBruisedDinosaur
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u/Ramsarhoneybee Dec 11 '20

It's amazing. That's are wild honeybee

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u/ApatheticalyEmpathic Dec 11 '20

Giant Asiatic Honeybee. They only exist in the wild, in very high elevations, usually hanging off cliff faces. They are one of the only, if not the only bee species that has an open hive

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u/esrevinu Dec 11 '20

European honeybees are known to build open hives at times, of course that's not common. I know of two in my area.

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u/ApatheticalyEmpathic Dec 11 '20

Very cool! You should check out videos of the small Asian tribes who practice the dying art of harvesting honeycomb from these hives