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To make sure the globs actually do help bees defend their hives, the team recorded some attacks. A well-globbed-up hive, they found, reduced the amount of time hornets spent trying to break in by 94%.

Is the secret to warding off a "murder hornet" attack covering yourself in animal poop? It just may be, a new study suggests.. The "murder hornets," or Asian giant hornets, that have sparked ...

The Asian hornet is the cousin of the so-called "murder Hornets" seen in parts of North America. Researchers also point out that the finding is the first to document the use of tools by honeybees.

The yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, is a close cousin of the northern giant hornet, or "murder hornet." Both of them are very adept in the wholesale destruction of honey bees.

Honey bees fend off giant hornets with animal feces. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 12 / 201209170706.htm. University of Guelph.

A new study from the School of Zoology and Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University has revealed that the Oriental hornet is the only known animal in nature capable of consuming ...

A species of hornet that often munches on foods containing alcohol can hold its liquor, without any side effects, at levels that no other known animal can tolerate. “This is crazy,” says study ...

Some bats can imitate the sound of buzzing hornets to scare off owls, researchers say. The discovery is the first documented case of a mammal mimicking an insect to deter predators. Many animals ...

The shell of the hornet has clearly evolved to maximize the amount of light it can take in. Its exoskeleton is made of tiny grooves that force light into diverging beams, and then the yellow ...

It turns out that Oriental hornets have a freakishly high tolerance for alcohol. In fact, they have the highest-known alcohol tolerance than any other creature in the animal kingdom, according to ...

Hornets can hold their alcohol like no other animal on Earth. The oriental hornet shows no ill effects – or behavioural changes – when it spends a week drinking an 80 per cent alcohol solution.