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Honeybees form ‘bee balls’ to mob and smother invading hornets

London, July 5 (ANI): Honeybee hordes form “bee balls” to mob and smother their predators, giant hornets, killing them within 10 minutes of trapping, scientists have observed.

According to the journal Naturwissenschaften, honeybees use heat and carbon dioxide as part of their mechanism to guard themselves from their natural enemies.

“They can survive for 10 minutes [...]