30,000 Bees Vs. 30 Hornets...

Wow... that's amazing. :shocked:

Did some of that music remind anyone else of Usual Suspects, about 1:40 into it?
 
Amazing. But what about *Africanized* Killer bees? They are 10x more aggressive. Wonder who'd win in that battle?

~reservoir~
 
reservoir said:
Amazing. But what about *Africanized* Killer bees? They are 10x more aggressive. Wonder who'd win in that battle?

~reservoir~
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Maybe someone will make a video...

Regardless, I really sympathized with those things...they were all huddled up together, and getting snatched out of their hole...

It was devastating!
 
Another thing, the bee's know when the pheramone has been placed and they'll try to lure the messenger hornet into the hive...when they do, 500 of them attack it and continue to attack until it's down.

I'd love to see a video of that!
 
That was intense - and pretty depressing. Poor bees. Man those hornets were HUGE! I saw a similar docco with wasps (Who were smaller) and they showed two different types of bees. One attacked the attackers one at a time, and so, well they were annihilated cause 1 bee couldn't kill a wasp. Another type of bee had a plan and a whole heap of them would jump on a wasp at once, and the wasp would be in the middle. The bees would vibrate really fast and kill the wasp by basically cooking it in the heat generated from their bodies. The wasps lost that battle.


I hate that whole "Hollywood Action" style docco that some people do. It's sort of lame. And I dunno if I was just rooting for the bees, but those bees looked a tad passive to me....too passive...Like they were doped up with smoke or such, cause I didn't see many of them running or flying to attack the hornets. Maybe they just don't do that?

Aaron
 
I read on the Drudge Report that it was more like 10,000 bees. Also, this video is not showing you the whole story. Just moments before the attack, the bees had toilet papered the hornets nest and called their girlfriends "whore-nets!"
 
PK Gillock said:
I read on the Drudge Report that it was more like 10,000 bees. Also, this video is not showing you the whole story. Just moments before the attack, the bees had toilet papered the hornets nest and called their girlfriends "whore-nets!"
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Well now that doesn't suprise me. Damn reality TV these days.....and their deceptive editing!!

~reservoir~
 
Wow that was great! Never felt for bees. I don't have anything shot on my DVX yet but here are some old videos. You can find them at the bottom of the page. One of our directors is shooting our first DVX feature right now. I am on pre production the second. When I shoot more music videos I'll post them.

http://www.cypherproductions.com/movies.html
 
Adult hornets feed their young by chewing the flesh of their victims into a gooey paste that the offspring devour. The larvae are well fed, and in turn provide the adults with a powerful energy-boosting cocktail in their saliva.

It's called vespa amino acid mixture, or VAAM. Regular doses of VAAM from the larvae give giant hornets their incredible stamina and energy—when pursuing prey, they can travel a range of 60 miles (96 kilometers) at speeds reaching 25 miles per hour. The incredible effects of VAAM have not gone unnoticed in Japan: The country's latest sports drink is based on this "hornet power." It contains a synthetic form of components in the hornet larval saliva, which is touted as performance-boosting. Japanese gold medalist and world-record marathon runner Naoko Takahashi declared that VAAM gave her an edge in the Olympic Games held in Sydney, Australia.
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Great article! Loved that part. Hornets make drugs. :evil:
 
dang~! That's like Jet Li in Fist of Legends. He's fighting 40 people all at once. That some pretty neat footage!
 
I'm telling you all, the bees had it coming! You don't call a hornets girlfriend a "whore-net" and get away with it. Hornets will defenend their old-ladies reputation, even to the death.


Oh, and my money is on the Hippo. It can run onto land and sharks can't. ...Except for the Land Shark! But there haven't been any of those for 20+ years. :)
 
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