Originally Posted by FatCity67
Apparently Asian and more specifically Japanese bees swarm attacking hornets then suffocate and cook them by raising their body temps to 115+ degrees by beating their wings vigorously until the hornet succumbs.

Murder hornet gets murdered.



I have no idea how these Japanese honey bees stack up with our own in terms of honey production and pollination performance. Could be a huge disruption in our beekeeping industry, our present domestic bees apparently do not respond that way to these things.


"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744