repulsewarrior
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:52 am Post subject: Bees Smother Invading Hornets to Protect Hive |
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In late summer on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Oriental hornets will invade honeybee hives
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070917-bees-hornets.html
Every year beekeepers lose nearly a third of their colonies to invading hornets, said Alexandros Papachristoforou, who studied the bees for his doctorate at Aristotle University in Thessaloníki, Greece.
(Watch video of the bees battling the giant hornets.) |
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