Sound the alarm: bees 'scream' when murder hornets attack, study finds

Royal Society Open Science research finds bees release 'rallying call for collective defence' that is 'quite harsh and noisy'A study has revealed a new defense mechanism used by bees when attacked by giant "murder" hornets: screaming.When left unchecked, the giant Asian hornets can destroy a honeybee hive in hours, feeding on larvae and decapitating bees in what scientists call a "slaughter phase". The hornets then feed severed body parts to their young. Continue reading...