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Like how warm? How hot do you imagine the hornets get
by b_tterc_p 7y ago
Like how warm? How hot do you imagine the hornets get
- lostlogin 7y agoThey keep their hives at about 35C, which is white noticeable when you open them up. Same goes for big clumps of bees. Angry ones balling a invader are considerably hotter it seems, and this article mentions 49C. I’ve seen other article noting that bees die at about 51, while hornets die at a fractionally lower temperature. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12649-honeybees-gang-up-to-smother-deadly-hornets/amp/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12649-honeybees-gang-...
- blaser-waffle 7y agoKind of like a fever, heating your body up to fight off infections. Or, in a chemical sense, chemo vs. cancer.