Odd question: we know Europeans transplanted our bees to Japan, but do Japanese bees thrive in other countries? Or do we not know since they abscond so much?
Thank you for posting your methods native to your region. The hornets have started colonizing in Washington state in the US. I would like to try a colony of Japanese honey bees in my bee yard.
I can not think of a worse idea, then to put a colony of foreign bee's in your yard, allso pretty sure you can't legally do that for that reason. Your inviting all sorts of diseases and parasites (Ya know like we did with varroa) into your hives. Even more then that your all so forcing that on your neighbors, and the entire country. Just look at Varroa. Your heart is in the right place, but this is like dumping an invasive species into a fish pond.
I live in Washington and we have now gone an entire year without any sightings of them. This comes after the Washington State Department of Agriculture found and eradicated four colonies. We are optimistic that this represents the end of them in the states.
@@20PINKluvr we have pollinating bees other than western honeybees (which are not native to the US - they're actually from europe). it would certainly cause a disruption, but you don't have to worry about starving to death - it's not like we wouldn't be able to grow food anymore. your concern is not misplaced, it's very important to worry about our ecosystem. in fact, your local bees are arguably more important than western honeybees
I keep apis mellifera in the uk, (obviously!), and saw this 'balling' behaviour when an european hornet tried to attack a beehive. The hornet attempted to go down between the frames, the bees made short work of the hornet, whether by overheating or stinging to death not sure, the bees won though!
There’s research here in Japan showing Western bees forming a bee ball, but they still haven’t mastered yet how to kill the hornet. Maybe one day they’ll be able to.
So if we can mix dna of bees can we mix the japan bees and the western bees I Wonder what will hapen cuz they can fight or do the heat killing tactic but I will Wonder
I think the prescence of giant hornets has actually been a blessing to the native Japanese Honeybees. If hornets were to dissappear, I wonder if imported Western Honeybees would outcompete them or at least reduce their numbers.
I hope japan realises if you import western honey bees that have zero defense against a predator they've never faced you are morally charged with their defence!
Interesting. You mention absconding as a defence against attacks on the hives. I can understand how a colony can plan to abscond but how does it work as an emergency defence system? With western honey bees the queen is to fat to fly when she is in her productive mode, i.e. laying eggs, and she has to slim down considerably before she can fly away with a swarming or absconding colony. Surely the Japanese honey bees have the same issue with the queens? My point being that without a queen the colony is doomed even if it manages to escape an attack from Giant Hornets.
To a degree yes I agree. However it also due to mankinds interference. Florida has invasive Boa Constictors introduced through the pet trade. The great lakes have invasive mussels from ship bilge tanks emptying. When I was a young teenager I worked in a green grocers and we regularly had to kill spiders and bugs that came in cases of bananas ! I love spiders but don't want venemous one's in England. Scorpions now live in the docks in east london. Nature takes time to adapt. WE are forcing undo pressure on eco systems.
Great video, as always I believe native species should only be kept in their respective area. Sadly in the uk it is not the common opinion and our bees suffer for it. Keep up the good work love your videos
They were kept widely until Isle of White disease and there are people trying to bring the native black bee back and no doubt there is the genetics within our feral colonies. But if you have feral hives you will see that there is loads of different genetics in our hives from carnies, buckfast to Italians etc I would love some native black bees but they seem hard to get hold of (the genuine ones at least).
@@fishmanfairclough7530 true enough, after the IWD people started importing foreign strains and diluted our native bee but the latest studies show on average over 40% AMM If I rememeber rightly and some places over 99% amm so there is hope just got to hope people stop importing, if I had my way they'd be banned. You can get uk amm queens or as close to in the uk
@@tywilson64 I've not had mine a full season yet but early on the season my friend who keeps them filled 3 supers when my mongrel bees had only filled one. Not to far from me there is a lady who has kept native/near native bees for a very long time and she has never treated her bees for varroa. I do treat mine as I've had quite abit of dwv but I amin to not treat eventually. I know of afew bee keeper that have got 120lbs of honey from their near native bees this season. Very interesting video on RUclips from the honey show, a guy called John Chambers I belive, he explains about amm being more suited to our maritime climate and that measured over a decade so taking our good and bad summers into account amm out perform the exotic imports. Definatky worth a watch some very interesting info on there
interesting video. I have a couple of questions such as: Do you do anything special for winter? Do you cover them? Feed them? How much honey do you leave them for winter? So you provide them with water during winter? If yes, how?
I don't think bee keepers need to give them food in winter since in the wild they evolve to produce their own food which is honey so that they can survive winter That's why they created so much and also the reason why we shouldn't take a lot of it from them. If 45 percent of honey was taken from the hive the colony will die Since they will not be able to have food for winter
The fact that western bees wound up in one of Mayu's pile boxes does make me wonder, have there ever been cases where Japanese and western honeybees actually cross-bred?
@@JapaneseNaturalBeekeeping Do You know the reason why? Maybe the Japanise bees live in smaller colonies then the European ones? Other reasons? And another question: there have been any attempts to cross breed the two species?
@@thehturt5480 Probably not the best idea as hybrids can have unforeseen consequences, but if you're looking for the solution then Africanized bees would be the solution, they are massively productive, and their insane defensive response would probably overcome even these hornets. The problem is that they wouldn't be fun to work with, feral swarms could be a danger to the public and there seems to be some evidence that once their genetics becomes fixed rather than the initial hybrids their defensiveness wanes a bit.
@@fishmanfairclough7530 I know about the African bees. They had arrived on the American continent ,because some researchers from South America desired to create a hybrid which can produce more honey then the indigenous bees. But they have escaped from the precinct and then taken over much of South America ,even attacking people in the cities. I asked from pure curiosity, because I know the researchers are always pushing up the envelop in all the scientific fields.
I have a question: The giant hornets in the video belong to the species Vespa mandarina, I guess. There is an other asian hornet species, that is currently spreading in Europe: Vespa velutina. Would this glue trap method also work with Vespa velutina? I mean: would Vespa velutina also try to come to help if one of their sisters is struggling at a sticky paper trap?
Odd question: we know Europeans transplanted our bees to Japan, but do Japanese bees thrive in other countries? Or do we not know since they abscond so much?
Thank you for posting your methods native to your region. The hornets have started colonizing in Washington state in the US. I would like to try a colony of Japanese honey bees in my bee yard.
I can not think of a worse idea, then to put a colony of foreign bee's in your yard, allso pretty sure you can't legally do that for that reason. Your inviting all sorts of diseases and parasites (Ya know like we did with varroa) into your hives. Even more then that your all so forcing that on your neighbors, and the entire country. Just look at Varroa. Your heart is in the right place, but this is like dumping an invasive species into a fish pond.
@@thomascasteel204 I'm quite aware of the proper process to prevent the such complications. Such concerns are very important to make a priority.
I live in Washington and we have now gone an entire year without any sightings of them. This comes after the Washington State Department of Agriculture found and eradicated four colonies. We are optimistic that this represents the end of them in the states.
@@dougstucki8253i hope so too. With giant hornets here our bees will be decimated and we will starve unless we import Japanese honeybees
@@20PINKluvr we have pollinating bees other than western honeybees (which are not native to the US - they're actually from europe). it would certainly cause a disruption, but you don't have to worry about starving to death - it's not like we wouldn't be able to grow food anymore. your concern is not misplaced, it's very important to worry about our ecosystem. in fact, your local bees are arguably more important than western honeybees
I keep apis mellifera in the uk, (obviously!), and saw this 'balling' behaviour when an european hornet tried to attack a beehive. The hornet attempted to go down between the frames, the bees made short work of the hornet, whether by overheating or stinging to death not sure, the bees won though!
There’s research here in Japan showing Western bees forming a bee ball, but they still haven’t mastered yet how to kill the hornet. Maybe one day they’ll be able to.
this was very interesting. I hope we don't get giant hornets in my area.
I wish we could import Japanese bees here in North America, that way they can prepare for when a threat comes.
So if we can mix dna of bees can we mix the japan bees and the western bees
I Wonder what will hapen cuz they can fight or do the heat killing tactic but I will Wonder
Interesting. . . . I'm writing a webnovel that centers on insects. Maybe I could some ideas from this. Nice
the giant hornet looks like a living plastic toy
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That is why so many Japanese live in Texas.😁🎌
Wonder if African bees can kill the hornets?
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great job Japanese honey bees!
நன்றி நல்ல தெளிவாக புரிந்து கொள்ள முடிகிறது நன்றி இலங்கையில் இருந்து
Didt Bros fuck up that Hornet, amazing how they attacked
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I think the prescence of giant hornets has actually been a blessing to the native Japanese Honeybees. If hornets were to dissappear, I wonder if imported Western Honeybees would outcompete them or at least reduce their numbers.
I hope japan realises if you import western honey bees that have zero defense against a predator they've never faced you are morally charged with their defence!
Interesting. You mention absconding as a defence against attacks on the hives. I can understand how a colony can plan to abscond but how does it work as an emergency defence system? With western honey bees the queen is to fat to fly when she is in her productive mode, i.e. laying eggs, and she has to slim down considerably before she can fly away with a swarming or absconding colony. Surely the Japanese honey bees have the same issue with the queens? My point being that without a queen the colony is doomed even if it manages to escape an attack from Giant Hornets.
私が最近日本の養蜂家にメッセージを送ったとき、彼らはダニの治療をしていました. しかし、彼らはそれらをバロアとは呼びませんでした。 西部では、バロアダニのみを治療し、心配しています。 これらの 2 つの異なるダニ種ですか? これについて聞いてみようかなと思いました。
どうもありがとうございます。
Thank you for interesting story. Good luck in beekeeping!
Can Western Bees learn from Japanese bees to do the ball defense method?
Amazing!! Thank you so much
Thanks for sharing. In the end is all about natural selection and adaptability.
To a degree yes I agree. However it also due to mankinds interference. Florida has invasive Boa Constictors introduced through the pet trade. The great lakes have invasive mussels from ship bilge tanks emptying. When I was a young teenager I worked in a green grocers and we regularly had to kill spiders and bugs that came in cases of bananas ! I love spiders but don't want venemous one's in England. Scorpions now live in the docks in east london. Nature takes time to adapt. WE are forcing undo pressure on eco systems.
Can you keep Western honey bees in a pile box hive? Will they still build the comb downwards, with honey on top and brood on bottom?
Wait, which direction do western honey bees build their hives in? Do they build upwards instead? I'm not knowledgeable about this.
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Is there any possibility of western bees learning this mechanism to defend, or is it just centuries of evolution?
If entrance would be wider, western bees would allow hornet scouts enter the hive, and kill them with heat.
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Great video, as always I believe native species should only be kept in their respective area. Sadly in the uk it is not the common opinion and our bees suffer for it. Keep up the good work love your videos
They were kept widely until Isle of White disease and there are people trying to bring the native black bee back and no doubt there is the genetics within our feral colonies. But if you have feral hives you will see that there is loads of different genetics in our hives from carnies, buckfast to Italians etc I would love some native black bees but they seem hard to get hold of (the genuine ones at least).
@@fishmanfairclough7530 true enough, after the IWD people started importing foreign strains and diluted our native bee but the latest studies show on average over 40% AMM If I rememeber rightly and some places over 99% amm so there is hope just got to hope people stop importing, if I had my way they'd be banned. You can get uk amm queens or as close to in the uk
Very interesting! How are they with honey production and disease resistance?
@@tywilson64 I've not had mine a full season yet but early on the season my friend who keeps them filled 3 supers when my mongrel bees had only filled one.
Not to far from me there is a lady who has kept native/near native bees for a very long time and she has never treated her bees for varroa. I do treat mine as I've had quite abit of dwv but I amin to not treat eventually. I know of afew bee keeper that have got 120lbs of honey from their near native bees this season. Very interesting video on RUclips from the honey show, a guy called John Chambers I belive, he explains about amm being more suited to our maritime climate and that measured over a decade so taking our good and bad summers into account amm out perform the exotic imports. Definatky worth a watch some very interesting info on there
Thanks
interesting video. I have a couple of questions such as: Do you do anything special for winter? Do you cover them? Feed them? How much honey do you leave them for winter? So you provide them with water during winter? If yes, how?
I don't think bee keepers need to give them food in winter since in the wild they evolve to produce their own food which is honey so that they can survive winter
That's why they created so much and also the reason why we shouldn't take a lot of it from them.
If 45 percent of honey was taken from the hive the colony will die
Since they will not be able to have food for winter
The fact that western bees wound up in one of Mayu's pile boxes does make me wonder, have there ever been cases where Japanese and western honeybees actually cross-bred?
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Interesting channel, but it's too bad you use the tictok knockoff format
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Hello 👋 do ppl in Japan enjoy sometimes to directly eat honey and the honeycomb at the same time, chewing on it like it's a honey flavor chewingum?
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Thank you for you sharing video
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Need more videos
Can their queen fly?
These are really cool facts!
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That is fascinating.
Fascinating!
Do they make as much honey as the European honey bees?
Unfortunately not. It is why professional beekeepers in Japan keep European bees.
@@JapaneseNaturalBeekeeping oh ok thanks
@@JapaneseNaturalBeekeeping Do You know the reason why? Maybe the Japanise bees live in smaller colonies then the European ones? Other reasons?
And another question: there have been any attempts to cross breed the two species?
@@thehturt5480 Probably not the best idea as hybrids can have unforeseen consequences, but if you're looking for the solution then Africanized bees would be the solution, they are massively productive, and their insane defensive response would probably overcome even these hornets. The problem is that they wouldn't be fun to work with, feral swarms could be a danger to the public and there seems to be some evidence that once their genetics becomes fixed rather than the initial hybrids their defensiveness wanes a bit.
@@fishmanfairclough7530 I know about the African bees. They had arrived on the American continent ,because some researchers from South America desired to create a hybrid which can produce more honey then the indigenous bees. But they have escaped from the precinct and then taken over much of South America ,even attacking people in the cities.
I asked from pure curiosity, because I know the researchers are always pushing up the envelop in all the scientific fields.
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Can you show how they do with mites please
grooming.
I have a question:
The giant hornets in the video belong to the species Vespa mandarina, I guess. There is an other asian hornet species, that is currently spreading in Europe: Vespa velutina.
Would this glue trap method also work with Vespa velutina? I mean: would Vespa velutina also try to come to help if one of their sisters is struggling at a sticky paper trap?