Bees fight to death for ... love

Normally, Dawson's bees - one of the world's largest earthen bees - treat each other very well, however, in the breeding season, they are ready to destroy each other to . win a mate.

The slaughter of each other.Photo: BBC

Dawson's bees nest in the ground and possess the venom near the venom of cobra. Dawson bee venom is very poisonous so a healthy person can die if 5 children burn at the same time.

Male numbers of Dawson bees are much larger than female bees. In addition, they mature sooner. So in the breeding season, males are forced to pursue one of the two tactics to have a chance to mate with their females: to find areas where honey bees or "hover" around the entrance of the nest the 'she' (small-sized male bees often apply this tactic), or rush straight to the entrance of the bee's nest to perform mating behavior as soon as the 'she' comes out of the nest.

The outcome of the loser.Photo: BBC

While tracking an earthen hive in Australia, the BBC Life documentary filmmakers recorded a melee between Dawson male bees. When a female appears, the males simultaneously rush to reach the target. They find ways to bite and burn each other to destroy their opponents. As a result, a terrible massacre occurred with many male bees losing their lives or being seriously injured.

Usually only one male survives the battle to mate with the female. But sometimes due to the negative effect of the war, the victor can kill the children they must risk their lives.

Paradoxically, in most of the time of the year, Dawson male bees are very harmonious with each other. According to some scientists, when the breeding season passes, all male bees will kill each other, causing most of them to die or die, leaving behind the hive of bees and future bees.

Dawson is an Amegilla bee group (consisting of about 250 bees with large stems). Some species in this group play an important role in agricultural production in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.