Giant hornets from Asia easily kill entire hives of honey bees. Honey bees have found a way to keep hornets from terrorizing their hives. Some honey bees have become expert spies. Now they can take other animal’s poop with out anyone knowing.
Honey bees collect pollen, nectar, tree sap, and never before seen… poop. The first person to discover this poop collection is named Gard Otis. He found buffalo poop on a hive in Vietnam. The bees use the poop to protect from Vespa Soror, the giant hornet.
Those bees have the right to be scared of the giant hornets, they are over 2 inches long, which is the size of a grown mans thumb.
I wonder if the bees use poop so the hornets don’t go close because of the stink? I wonder why bees are yellow and black and not green and purple? Why do bees stings feel cold and burns at the same time instead of just burning?
So scientists don’t know why or how the bees use the poop? Do they smear it on the hive? I am so curious! Fun blog to read and wonder about Molly!
Dear Molly D
Your blog on how bees use poop to fend off giant hornets is very interesting. I still don’t understand how they use it to fend off the hornets. Is it the stink or the look of the poop? It’s still sooo cool.
Sincerely
Mosie W
I agree – how do they use it?
The article I read did not say exactly what the poop does, but I think the stink repels the hornets
that would make sense
love Lucy D
Dear Molly
your blog on this fight between these two groups of insects was very good, smashing, 10/10. perhaps you could do something on the wars of ants, such as Weaver Ants, or, Army Ants.
Dear Harison,
Thank you so much fot the ten out of ten. Next blog I will look into differnt kind of ants and there behaviors.
Sincerly Molly.