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TitleBee ball to protect from Asian giant hornet
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Rating4.25
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Description
Bee ball to protect from Asian giant hornet

The Japanese honeybees (Apis cerana japonica) forming a "bee ball" in which two hornets (Vespa simillima xanthoptera) are engulfed and being heated. Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, Honshu Island,Japan.

日本語: ニホンミツバチの蜂球。内部にはキイロスズメバチがいる。2005年7月30日投稿者が横浜市内にて撮影
30 July 2005

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publisherCampbell, Dana
photographerTakahashi
providerEOL Rapid Response Team
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith