Traditional keeping of Japanese honeybee

・Japanse hornets

Hornet is the strongest enemies of Japanese honeybees.

Yellow hornet and Giant are naturel enesis of Japanese honeybees.


Yellow hornet capture honeybees one by one and make bees foods for their larva.




Japanese honeybee can defeat them.


First, Japanese honeybees threaten them in a group.



Then, Japanese honeybees defeat them in a group.



Giant hornets attack coloniese of Japanese honeybees in a group.

They can annihilate Japanese honeybees.


Many Japanese colonies are annihilated.

However, Japanese honeybees can defeat giant hornet.

The following movie is about Japanesehoneybees on Youtube. A group of Japanese honeybee is defeatingGiant hornet.


While Western honeybee can never defeat giant hornet and is annihilated.

Since Giant hornet inhabit in Japan, westernhoneybee can't live without support by human.

The following movie is about westernhoneybees on Youtube.





I kil giant hornets to save honeybees.
In Japan, there are many many giant hornet, It is necessary to exterminate them.







This is for Energy Drink. Not for fun.

when they are drowning, they emit their toxin.
Its good for health. If iuse pesticides, i can kill them quickly, but their lives go to waste.

I aim to use them for food and not to waste their lives.



Hornet is a culture in Nagano prefecture.

Hornets are eaten, not only  larvae but also imagoes.

Killer hornets may be Japan's deadliest creature but they are also oneof itsmostpopular. They are considered a delicacy and turned into apotent sake. Butperhapsthe strangest use for them is on the Japanesegym scene. Their saliva,believed toprovide a energy boost, has beenturned into a sports drink and is creatinga hugebuzz.

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・Centipede

Centipede eat honeybees once in a while.




・mantis

Mantis eat honeybees.

In followin movie, a mantis eat two bees at one time.



・moth larvae

They eat hive of Japanese honeybees.



I don't have effective precaution against moth larvae.



・Bear

Bears break bee hive and steal honey.

Following movie is beehive broken by a bear.




I surround  bee hive by electrified fence to save my bees from bears.


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