Giant Hornets Massacre Yellow Hornets | Buddha Bees and The Giant Hornet Queen | BBC Earth

yellow Hornets are a little smaller than the Giants but there are 1500 of them in this nest they outnumber the Giants five to one yet the Queen's workers are driven to fight they have no option but to take on their bitter rivals [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] the Giants are outnumbered and each attacks alone it's not a good strategy [Music] [Music] the yellows dispatch giant after giant with a lethal sting to the back of the neck is the only in a giant hornets armor [Music] today's battle is lost but this is a war of attrition [Music] the following morning the Giants begin a new wave of attacks and this time they gained control of the nest envelope [Music] a breach is made in the Yellow Hornets defenses the yellows begin to tear down their own walls in hopeless panic finally their only option is desertion [Music] victory comes at a terrible cost but the rewards to the Queen are enormous [Music] the giant Hornet warriors work through the abandoned nest ripping out food the bounty they bring back will be enough to fuel the young males and Queens through metamorphosis [Music]

Channel: BBC Earth

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Id: f5lnMNgLaiA

Length: 4min 13sec (253 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 24 2020