30 bumblebees versus 30,000 bees, and the bee nests are all served! But Japanese bees have developed a new skill, and in the face of a 5 cm long bumblebee, the little bee learns to "roast" it with a bee ball!
Bumblebees can be said to be notorious, up to 5 cm in size, also highly toxic, known as "killer bees".
Bumblebee toxins are mainly divided into hemolytic toxins and neurotoxoids, once stung, it will cause multiple organ failure, and allergic reactions in the body, which may eventually lead to death, especially in people who are prone to allergies.
Unlike bees, bumblebees' stingers can be used many times.
Bumblebee bite deaths occur every year, with 1,109 deaths in the United States between 2000 and 2017, an average of 65 per year; In Japan, bumblebee bites kill almost 50 people a year.
When I was a child, I was also stung by wasps, but fortunately it was only swollen for a few days and it was not life-threatening.
In the face of large, poisonous bumblebees, humans cannot guarantee foolproof, so what if the target is a smaller bee?
Bees have always been the hunting object of bumblebees, and the documentary "Hellbringers: Bumblebee" documents this battle, 30 bumblebees against 30,000 baby bees.
Bumblebee quickly ended the fight by killing a bee in 14 seconds. Eventually they take over the bee's nest and enjoy the delicious bee larvae.
Obviously, in front of bumblebees, bees appear much weaker, and their stingers are no match for bumblebees with hard shells.
But not all bees are willing to be losers, and there is a kind of bee in Japan that creates a "bee ball" to deal with bumblebees.
Scientists have observed in the wild that when a bee in Japan faces the attack of the Asian bumblebee, hundreds of bees will gather to surround the bumblebee into a ball, and constantly flap their wings, using the movement to generate heat to raise the temperature of the bee ball.
After testing, the temperature of the center of the ball can reach 47 degrees Celsius, and bees use this temperature to overheat bumblebees to death.
At this time, the bees are very united, the bees on the bee ball keep falling and dying, and other bees will immediately make up, and the whole process will last about 1 hour until the bumblebee dies.
