Hornets Vs Honeybees
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Whilst bees can use balling to keep warm in the winter, it actually has another, more fitting evolutionary purpose which more closely matches its adapted use of killing hornets - they use this method to kill their Queens. Once a Queen is no longer suitable (i.e. not producing enough offspring), her workers will execute her by mobbing and cooking her to make space for the next matriarch. Its easy to see how this could jump to a defensive move.
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6:26 small correction, vespoidea is the superfamily, not the family of these insects. You may have been thinking of Vespidae?
Small thing, but since I’m doing insect taxonomy rn I figure I’d be a bit pedantic about the terms lol
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If I was a better writer, I’d write a book based on this idea. The thought of a predetor that’s just as social as humans but has evolved to systematically raid human communities is very scary. Also, the close relation of the two species and the face that they look relitivley similar gives major uncanny valley vibes.
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It’s a perennial question why humans ever chose civilization when the lives of individuals is arguably worse off for it. I believe that this video contains the answer to that question. The lives of individuals may be worse, but the collective bullies it’s environment and dominates it and their neighbors. Our behavior is far more emergent than we like to think.
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Hornet= primaris space marine
Wasp = og space marine
Bee= imperial guard
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“Map: Known distribution of the different colour morphs of Vespa velutina across Southeast Asia, by Perrard A. et al. (2014), under CC BY 2.5.”
So, all honeybees defend using the heat ball method. That is another impressive and under discussed thing about hymenopterans, is that many of their behaviors are not merely evolutionary, they are learned.
Apis Mellifera has been observed defending in the way Apis Cerana does. It wasn’t common because Apis Mellifera doesn’t have many hornet predators in Europe, but never the less once the Asian Giant Hornet showed up in, say, the United States, it didn’t take too many years before our commercial honeybees began mimicking Asian honeybee behavior like the heat ball defense.
These insects are EXTREMELY intelligent as a group.
Secret farming world: hornet larvae video
You won’t believe what happens when hornets face off against wasps! Watch as these fierce insects battle for dominance, showcasing their speed, strength, and strategy. From jaw-dropping attacks to survival tactics, this video exposes the secrets you never knew about these tiny predators.
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⚠️ WARNING: Some scenes are intense! Perfect for insect lovers, nature enthusiasts, and anyone curious about the hidden world of hornets and wasps.
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I hate vespas Im scared shitless of them and I started hating bees too by association
@biznessman4597Couldn't help but think Predators (the sci-fi aliens) were inspired by hornets in some way
@jpd6239Love the videos!...wish the cut aways to the black and white topdowns were were more relevent. Talking about hornets....bees....while showing a flee topdown. Idk. Anyway at this rate you got a sub for life!
@rtghhhhyttttThere is not one way to describe how I think about this casually every day and here it is… this video. To explain something that I think but never say out loud. My life is complete. Thank you.
@thatbanana173316:16 i like how this person just straight up let a jumping happen on their arm 💀💀
@4nfuku4pwq44I love your privileged hymenopteran facts
@le_boy3994"Under our noses, not too far away from civilization. A war older than the grand canyon has been waging between two closely related but sworn enemies"
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@florence.starrrI knew that ants, bees, and wasps were all related because of iNat, but woah... You saying they are all different types of wasps blew my mind. Vegetarian wasps... Land wasps... I feel like you showed me the missing link LOLOL
@doeiikaAnd the moral of the story is:
If hornets were human-sized, we'd all be doomed.
A war older than the Grand Canyon! That's such a good bug facts intro.
@jakewinder6590Love the spore music
@AerostarmMake a video on the warrior wasp or some crazy south american wasp. Some of them have ridiculous venom especially for colony insects which is very interesting
@bustedsub17:59 😳 I’m in danger chuckle
@Tiggy.Skibbles106You used a cyberbots song! That’s incredible! Definitely didn’t expect that
@shawty10izegood video, but the black and white pictures of random unrelated arthropods is very very distracting. this is hornets vs bees, not random lice and centipedes
@seasonedheckson5576bruh, the demons of the burning legion behave exactly the same as hornets.
send scouts first, then send a small force to cripple their enemy then send their full force and kill everyone.
5:16 earwig jumpscare
@mistergigachudSome honeybees have also domesticated large vertebrates to guard them and hunt down and destroy hornet nests.
@phinhager6509Your distinction between the nutritional density of food sources and the activity and energy level and cognition level of the insect is interesting and I really appreciate that insight.
@Dan-oe4veThis is not the first video of yours im watching but i think it's time to comment that....
...please move the sound a bit to the right, my left ear is extremely bothered by the minor difference in balance.
absolute cinema
@mahou_1438:04 nah
@ironnick6399This is the best channel i've ever come across thank you so so so much for digesting this information for us!!!! I have several books dedicated to the hymenoptera but have never gotten myself to read them
@edwingonzalez48Are there different Hornet caste for each role?
@kevinconway6564Even among Hornets logistics are the most important aspect.
@C1-ApolloThe culture in Warhammer 40k would be what humanity would look like if it became eusocial
@thepisswalkerJesus the way this is described almost brings to mind a Tyranid fleet eating a planet in Warhammer 40k.
@malleableconcreteHey CBF, question for you, why do Yellow Jackets get so aggressive in the late summer and Fall and seem to have a penchant for going after sources of meat rather than carbs as a food source? Like wasps are assholes all the time if you piss them off but spring and most of the summer if you leave them alone usually they will leave you alone. But it seems that for some reason at some point a switch is flicked, they start swarming your steaks and burgers where they didn’t before and if you get within 5 feet of them they will try and attack you.
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@williamduxAh yes, the resource gathering vs resource robbing ecologies. Its a good thing this isnt observable in humans at all 🤨
@jeepnj2502Avoid the phrase: "let me explain". Mark of a YT AI jerkwad.
@robertmatch6550Fun fact: these weren't bug facts since neither bees nor hornets are bugs
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@MoxnlightzzSuch fascinating creatures.
@BigEvan96I feel so privileged from learning these bug facts.
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