30 Hornets against 30000 Bees

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-05-09 04:35pm

It's a massacre

But a great clip!

Post by **Dalton** » 2004-05-09 04:47pm

Wow. It's like bad sci-fi.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2004-05-09 04:56pm

Freaky...but the sfx was great.

Exmoor Cat · Post by **Exmoor Cat** » 2004-05-09 04:56pm

Was there cgi in that?? suspicious of it. Also guilty of some stage overdramatic sound effects. That said, hornets are fucking evil! kill on sight! I dunno what i hated most camping in Lithuania, the mossies or the hornets....

President Sharky · Post by **President Sharky** » 2004-05-09 05:05pm

It sounded like something out of the History Channel; the Battle of the Hive

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-09 05:08pm

CGI? WTF? It's a nature film, yellow jackets do attack bee hives if they're on their territory, it's only like the invasion of anyone else on someone's turf.

Good film though.

SpacedTeddyBear · Post by **SpacedTeddyBear** » 2004-05-09 05:40pm

Dude, that's a real nature film. Those are giant japanese hornets. Those suckers can grow up to 2 1/2 inches long.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-05-09 06:09pm

That's really quite cool. I seem to remember there's a species of bee that's found a really great tactic for fighting hornets; essentially, several bees flock on one hornet at once, and starts buzzing, the bees heat up and their heat tolerance is like a degree or 2 higher than that of the hornets, and the hornets die.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-05-09 06:38pm

Oh man... It's like pitting ancient cavemen against a company of US armor...

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-05-09 06:53pm

Holy hell, those hornets are huge.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2004-05-09 06:56pm

Exmoor Cat wrote:Was there cgi in that?? suspicious of it. Also guilty of some stage overdramatic sound effects. That said, hornets are fucking evil! kill on sight! I dunno what i hated most camping in Lithuania, the mossies or the hornets....

hornets won´t hurt you if you leave them alone. they´re not agressive at all. they also eat wasps which are agressive littel fuckers.

Lt. Dan · Post by **Lt. Dan** » 2004-05-09 07:06pm

Damn that was cool. A little sad though.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-09 07:22pm

If you play it to The Ultimate Bio-Weapon Medley from the Resident Evil Orchestra OST it fits nicely.

StimNeuro · Post by **StimNeuro** » 2004-05-09 07:40pm

I can hear the video, but not see it. Is it just a standard codec or something obscure?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-09 07:44pm

StimNeuro wrote:I can hear the video, but not see it. Is it just a standard codec or something obscure?

It's .asx, so MS Media Player should run it.

Metrion Cascade · Post by **Metrion Cascade** » 2004-05-09 08:00pm

I saw a documentary about those hornets a while back. On bee farms, they actually hold a funeral for the fallen bees after a hornet attack, because the bees are their livelihood (honey). Hardcore warfare. It amuses me.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2004-05-09 08:15pm

Metrion Cascade wrote:I saw a documentary about those hornets a while back. On bee farms, they actually hold a funeral for the fallen bees after a hornet attack, because the bees are their livelihood (honey). Hardcore warfare. It amuses me.

The hornets hold a funeral or the bees?

Also, I wonder how they got that footage of a flight on a hornet's back...pretty amazing.

Metrion Cascade · Post by **Metrion Cascade** » 2004-05-09 08:20pm

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
Metrion Cascade wrote:I saw a documentary about those hornets a while back. On bee farms, they actually hold a funeral for the fallen bees after a hornet attack, because the bees are their livelihood (honey). Hardcore warfare. It amuses me.
The hornets hold a funeral or the bees?

Also, I wonder how they got that footage of a flight on a hornet's back...pretty amazing.

The beekeepers and their families and temple hold a funeral. Pictures of bees and everything.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-09 08:21pm

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
Also, I wonder how they got that footage of a flight on a hornet's back...pretty amazing.

They stick a hornet on an endoscope like camera. That's it, it's only to simulate flight.

And the bee keepers would hold the funeral, I'd expect given it's their livelyhood.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-05-09 08:25pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
Also, I wonder how they got that footage of a flight on a hornet's back...pretty amazing.
They stick a hornet on an endoscope like camera. That's it, it's only to simulate flight.

And the bee keepers would hold the funeral, I'd expect given it's their livelyhood.

I see. It'd be cool if they could stick cameras onto the hornets themselves.

Metrion Cascade · Post by **Metrion Cascade** » 2004-05-09 08:28pm

Shinova wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
Also, I wonder how they got that footage of a flight on a hornet's back...pretty amazing.
They stick a hornet on an endoscope like camera. That's it, it's only to simulate flight.

And the bee keepers would hold the funeral, I'd expect given it's their livelyhood.
I see. It'd be cool if they could stick cameras onto the hornets themselves.

It'll happen.

mjn6172 · Post by **mjn6172** » 2004-05-09 09:07pm

I'm going to have nightmares about those super-hornets forever now, I hope you're happy with yourself. Seriously, that was a really interesting (and creepy) video.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-05-09 09:12pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
Also, I wonder how they got that footage of a flight on a hornet's back...pretty amazing.
They stick a hornet on an endoscope like camera. That's it, it's only to simulate flight.

And the bee keepers would hold the funeral, I'd expect given it's their livelyhood.

Are there any known instances of the beekeepers actually getting involved and using spray or something on hornets?

And that movie was pretty cool.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-09 09:21pm

Captain_Cyran wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
Also, I wonder how they got that footage of a flight on a hornet's back...pretty amazing.
They stick a hornet on an endoscope like camera. That's it, it's only to simulate flight.

And the bee keepers would hold the funeral, I'd expect given it's their livelyhood.
Are there any known instances of the beekeepers actually getting involved and using spray or something on hornets?

And that movie was pretty cool.

Finding the nest and feeding them infected meat works, provided they don't adapt to the poison or insecticide.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-05-09 09:24pm

Are these hornets, or are they yellowjackets? Mind you, I'm talking about two different species here (even if they are somewhat related).