Natural World - Season 26 Episode 4 Buddha, Bees and the Giant Hornet Queen
The Giant Japanese Hornet is the fiercest looking insect on earth, and one of the deadliest. This film follows the remarkable life of one giant hornet queen, as she emerges from hibernation and starts to build up a colony in an old temple garden. Her army of warriors terrorise the beautiful mountain valley in their constant struggle to find food for their hungry grubs.
In a series of dramatic pitched battles, the giant hornets massacre thousands of bees, but victory isn't always assured - one local honeybee fights back thanks to a remarkable defensive strategy, and suddenly it is the hornets that are dying. A beekeeper monk bears witness to the rising power of the giant hornet colony, and despite the hornet's attacks on his own bees, he reveals a deep respect for these incredible predators.
Year: 2020
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom, France
Studio: BBC Two
Director:
Cast: David Attenborough, John Hannah, Juliet Stevenson
Crew: Brian Jackman (Writer), Andrew Graham-Brown (Director), Mike Birkhead (Director)
First Air Date: Oct 30, 1983
Last Air date: Mar 20, 2020
Season: 39 Season
Episode: 543 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 22.00 users
Popularity: 65.361
Language: English
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