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Japanese honeybees

Japanese honeybees attack a hornet.  
 
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Ryann15693 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Can somebody explain why they wait until after the hornet has released the pheromone inside the nest?

Or did it not release it?

It seems to me like it kind of defeats the purpose if the other hornets will find it anyways.
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@Ryann15693 Perhaps, time is necessary to raise the temperature.
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The same action is done. After the temperature goes up. When Japanese bee's sacrifice(Suicide attack) or the enemy(Giant Hornet ) puts out pheromone again, the chance .
ceetable (1 week ago) Show Hide
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the hornet must get back to the nest before the other hornets will follow the lead
LighterB (4 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Thank you Bill Burr.
MQnoob (2 months ago) Show Hide
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ITS A TRAP!
thinker6236 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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you mess with the bee you get the sting
Iconoclastithon (2 months ago) Show Hide
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One word....METAL!
RRydnew (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Now you know how the "banzi" attack came about.
Neithie (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Of course they can communicate. All animals can communicate, even inter-species.
shadowq8 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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These bees then survived not because of a gene or an instinct then, but rather to do a learned strategy.

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