Outsmarting the Giant Hornets: Beekeeper's Innovative Method to Protect Honeybees
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Published 2023-05-06
The hornets are known to target honeybee colonies to steal pupae, larvae, and honey. Yuichi shows a unique method of capturing hornets using a glue sheet for mice.
When a hornet gets trapped on the adhesive sheet, it releases pheromones that attract fellow hornets, leading them to also get stuck on the sheet.
This technique helps protect Japanese honey bees from these aggressive predators.
All Comments (21)
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"Ok, human, we give you honey and you protect us from the terrifying lovercraftian monsters that haunt us" seems like a mutually beneficial relationship to me.
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“Next we disarm the hornet🥾💢🥾💢🥾💢”
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The fact that this gets more effective over time is insane
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Can we just acknowledge how brave Yuichi is by being this close without ANY protection?
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5:26 “Ah shit, bro! I need help!” “I’m coming, bro—shit! Bro, I need help!” “I’m coming, bro—shit! Bro, I need help!” “I’m coming, bro—shit! Bro, I need help!” “I’m coming, bro—shit! Bro, I need help!” “I’m coming, bro—shit! Bro, I need help!” “I’m coming, bro—shit! Bro, I need help!” “I’m coming, bro—shit! Bro, I need help!” “I’m coming, bro—shit! Bro, I need help!”
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Giant hornet nests have been found in America and their bees don't know how to kill them, this video could be essential to bee survival worldwide so thank you it seems extremely effective
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It's interesting how intelligent they are to try to help each other. Unfortunately there are man-made horrors beyond their comprehension (glue trap).
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It's insane how big these japanese hornets are. They can almost get off that sticky paper. That is nuts. Listen to their wings wow. So big and frightening looking.
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I like how he "disarms" him by stepping on him.
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“First I disarm the hornet” as he stomps it multiple times. Lol. I will have to remember that line. I think this is a good defense. We have yellow jackets that raid hives here in the US.
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Imagine just chilling in your home and hearing your natural giant enemy stuck and struggling on your roof 💀
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"Their sting causes excruciating pain and can kill a human" sticks finger right next to the stinger
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This guy is just standing calmly and talking casually next to these giant hornets and then he just takes them down with ease. Big props to this guy
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i would legitimately rather have to fend off bear attacks on a regular basis than deal with these flying nightmares. this man has a whole different format of backbone.
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It makes me sad when the regular bees get stuck too. They're the cutest most precious things in the world and they deserve everything.
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The fact that hornets have a "Help me!" pheromone but not a "Stay away, it's a trap!" pheromone is the achilles heel of their species😂
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As someone who's seen those giant orange hornets decimating bee colonies around my neighorhood, watching their trial now was an absolute pleasure. A trial like in the old days. Where I live, they are an invasive species from Asia, wildly dangerous for our ecosystems.
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This man is talking with an straight face while wearing no protection near those things. Respect
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The Japanese are so polite. "Next I disarm the hornet"....while stomping on the hornet!
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RIP honeybees that got caught up in all this 😭
