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Re:Backyard beekeeping in Japan by lostlogin on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @10:19PM (#20455839)
A clump of bees is very warm, picking up a swarm is relatively low risk and the heat is definitely the first thing you notice, though done wrong it could also be the last.

It’s interssting that they turned a survival technique into killing method.

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Re:Backyard beekeeping in Japan by b_tterc_p on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @11:15PM (#20456102)
Like how warm? How hot do you imagine the hornets get
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Re:Backyard beekeeping in Japan by lostlogin on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @07:05AM (#20458182)
They 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-...
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Re:Backyard beekeeping in Japan by blaser-waffle on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @08:56AM (#20458885)
Kind of like a fever, heating your body up to fight off infections.

Or, in a chemical sense, chemo vs. cancer.

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