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New research from Wellesley College finds for the first time that bees use a specific sound to communicate the threat of giant hornets as they initiate defenses against them Mattila and an ...

Asian honeybees (Apis cerana) produce a unique alarm sound to alert hive members to an attack by giant “murder hornets,” according to a new paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

For the first time, the unique sounds honey bees (Apis cerana) use to alert members of their hive when giant “murder” hornets attack have been documented. These signals—including a newly described ...