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Old 01-20-2008, 10:10 AM
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When the bees detect the pheromone left by the first hornet, they attack that hornet in a special way. They form a huge ball of bees that completely engulfs the much larger hornet. [See the photo at the left]

By vibrating their muscles, the bees raise the temperature inside this ball to close to 47°C, a temperature which the bees can survive, but the hornet can't. The high temperature inside the bee ball kills the hornet.

While a few of the bees may be killed by the hornet during this process, most survive, ensuring that the hive will not be attacked and destroyed.

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The Giant Asian Hornet ....................................
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