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Honey bees use animal poo to repel giant hornet attacks

Dec 15, 2020 | Beekeeping | 0 comments

Newly discovered strategy in Asian bees repels killer hornets that can massacre whole hives

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/09/honey-bees-use-animal-poo-to-repel-giant-hornet-attacks

Read the research article here:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0242668

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