honey bees travel honey flow from their hive.
how far do honey bees travel from their hive?
honey flow
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in japan, beekeepers often prefer european honey bees because they are more productive than the endemic japanese honey bees. however, it can be difficult to maintain a captive hive of european honey bees, as the giant hornets are devastating to the bee hives. once a japanese giant hornet has located a hive of european honey bees, it leaves pheromone markers around it that quickly attract nest-mates to converge on the hive. an individual hornet can kill forty european honey bees per minute, while a group of 30 hornets can destroy an entire hive containing 30,000 bees in less than four hours. the hornets kill and dismember the bees, returning to their nest with the bee thoraxes, which they feed to their larvae, leaving heads and limbs behind. the honey and bee larvae are also taken to feed the hornet larvae.
japanese giant hornet