Giant bee: especially aggressive bee with unique hallucinogenic honey (11 photos)

This article is dedicated to all those who are afraid of bees. Wedge kicked out with a wedge, so we will clearly show that our black and yellow workers are angels, compared to those monsters that are found in Asia.





Meet the giant bee, a ferocious bee that makes hallucinogenic honey.



Typical rush hour on the subway.

"Giant" is not just a saying for loud word. Most types of honey plants grow no more than 1.2 cm. The dimensions of a giant bee are doubled more - up to 2 centimeters of fierce malice and hatred to all living things.



If you do not take into account the fact that these insects are wildly evil and dangerous, they look like lemon gummies ...

But you don’t need to blame insects: they registered in the mountains and jungles of Southeast Asia - at the epicenter of the world arthropod chthoni. Because of the peaceful pollen gatherers and nectar, giant bees turned into the same sent creatures, like everyone around. What can you say live with wolves - howl like a wolf.



A swarm of giant bees can consist of 100,000 individuals! Very angry and hot-tempered individuals!

Bees have no time for architectural delights - they are not looking for hollow stumps and other convenient shelters. Roy flaunts his house - hangs just one plate with honeycombs on a branch or rock. risky decision, you say. And it's really risky. For those, who decides to dig into the hive.



Yes, everything you see outside is bees.

Giant bees do not allow the presence of other living organisms on their territory and severely punish those who violated the designated boundaries. Even worker bees from other hives flying into the wrong area will be eliminated on the spot. Such a brutal access policy works. But not for everyone.



A bee with topographical cretinism is trying to remember where to wrap it so as not to die from neighbors.

Wasps, hornets, birds - enjoy eating and honey, and the hard workers themselves. But also for them the giant bee has a trump card in its paw - shimmer. This process looks like a wave launched by the fans around the stadium. The bees gathered on the hive simultaneously raise and lower their abdomens. Watching the illumination, predators cannot concentrate and perceive the whole swarm as something whole, large and very dangerous. And I don't want to get involved with that. Especially in Asian jungle.



Ole-ole-ole-ole! Predators! Go away!

Another weapon against insolent neighbors - hugs! The bees stick around the wasps that flew into the light and begin vibrate vigorously. Together they heat up up to 45 ° C - for their enemies this is a real stove, that will boil the attackers alive.



In a hive, the density of bees can be so high that the bees sit on top of each other in several layers.

Disassembly by neighbors is only part of the labor process. And giant bees plow like draft horses: for nectar and pollen, hard workers fly farther than most species, and night shifts in the ranks of black and yellow workers too Not unusual. With the efforts of the whole swarm, the bees can bungle up to 45 kilograms of honey from one hive, and the plate itself with honeycombs can reach a meter!



When grandma tries to prove that a wool carpet will fit perfectly into your renovation.

It was thanks to his diligence that the species managed to master the Himalayas and create a separate population there with special honey. What kind of honey is not sold at our fairs: buckwheat, field, linden ... But in the mountains, insects make sweetness with hallucinogens! The point here is not that the wrong bees make the wrong honey. Just grow on the slopes of the Himalayas rhododendrons - plants that secrete andromedotoxin - a substance poisonous to humans.



My darling!

But in the composition of honey, the toxin turns into a hallucinogen. Or a cure for diabetes, hypertension and other diseases. The main thing is to choose the right dose. True, it is not easy to get such sweetness. Not only that angry bees are not eager to share hard-earned stocks, so they also arrange their hive on sheer slopes! You have to crawl to the swarm along a rope with a basket at the ready. In general, entertainment is extremely for an amateur.



As described by their parents, they got to school.

The moral of the story is: love our bees. After all, compared to Asian ones, they are just goodies!