Bees Scream When Murder Hornet Cousins Attack

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Asian honey bees rally against giant hornet invasions with an acoustic response that resembles the alarm shrieks of birds, primates and other social mammals.

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00:00When giant cousins of murder hornets attack Asian honeybees,

00:09the bees raise an alarm similar to the panicked calls of birds and mammals.

00:14Giant hornets are a sister species, two so-called murder hornets.

00:19They're one of the deadliest predators of Asian honeybees,

00:22attacking in groups until they overwhelm a colony.

00:25Scientists recently recorded and analyzed alarm sounds made by honeybees during hornet attacks.

00:40They found that when a giant hornet shows up, the bees made a lot more noise.

00:55Giant hornets are the biggest threat to Asian honeybees.

01:06Just one attack can wipe out an entire colony.

01:10This could explain why bees have evolved to have a special signal for a giant hornet attack.

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