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Unlike honey bees in North America, honey bees in Asia have developed their own defenses against the Asian giant hornet as they have evolved, Professor Berenbaum said.

He noticed that whenever a hornet gets within 50 centimeters of a giant honeybee nest, the bees shimmer. Individual workers raise their abdomens by 90 degrees and shake them in unison.