Inside two fighting bee swarms

Would you have the courage to walk right into the middle of a mass of swarming, fighting bees?
When Bundaberg bee keeper Kai Gerschau went to check on his native bee hives this week he was faced with an unusual scene - a massive rolling black cloud of the insects surrounding four of his hives.
He thought they might be mating, but a quick look at the carnage soon revealed it wasn't love - it was war.
Kallee Buchanan braved the swarm to take a closer look. Luckily these are sting-less native bees Tetragonula hockingsi.
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[@farkroy]

Bee keeping with a beard is badass

[@zachshipley1689]

"So the kids can play with them".....
What in the Australian Outback hillbilly bs am i hearing lmao

[@afonsoserra8017]

So the bees took the roman aproach

[@jc2coming]

thanks for the informative video about bee swarms...I like your video.

[@bananian]

How do you know the ones who win will produce superior honey? It just means they're better at fighting other bees.

[@lucielou7745]

These are native bees, not kept for the honey usually as they don’t make very much.

[@khoirummuchlis966]

Dont put too close to prevent cerana bees fight each other. Give a distance about 2 meters from one to other hive.

[@mementomori4073]

just responding to this for the benefit of others stumbling across the comments; The bees in question are Tetragonula hockingsi. I would theorize that the invading bees may be a different species of Tetragonula as thats the most common cause of war.

[@slyfixx]

Когда пчелиная война 2???

[@kj7682]

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