{"id":2423093,"date":"2025-04-13T19:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T23:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/must-see-video-honeybees-shimmering-to-warn-off-danger-shows-gods-incredible-design\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T19:23:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T23:23:50","slug":"must-see-video-honeybees-shimmering-to-warn-off-danger-shows-gods-incredible-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/must-see-video-honeybees-shimmering-to-warn-off-danger-shows-gods-incredible-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Must-See Video: Honeybees &#8216;Shimmering&#8217; to Warn off Danger Shows God&#8217;s Incredible Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmust-see-video-honeybees-shimmering-to-warn-off-danger-shows-gods-incredible-design%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2423093&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article discusses the impressive shimmering behavior of giant honeybees (Apis dorsata) as a defense mechanism against predators, notably hornets. This phenomenon, which creates a visually stunning wave-like effect as bees coordinate their movements by flashing their abdomens, is most pronounced when a dark object moves against a lighter background. Research led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-scientists-studying-privilege-inequality-in-animal-kingdom\/\" title=\"NYT: Scientists Studying Privilege, Inequality in Animal Kingdom\">behavioral ecologist<\/a> Sajesh Vijayan highlights that this shimmering is likely a form of communication among bees, signaling their capacity to defend their hive. Though, this response seems to be specific to hornet threats and differs from responses to birds, which elicit a mass stinging mode rather.<\/p>\n<p>Further studies have suggested that specialized groups of bees initiate this shimmering, and its complexities reveal much about the social behaviors within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/angelina-jolie-poses-for-photo-covered-in-live-bees-for-world-bee-day\/\" title=\"Angelina Jolie Poses For Photo Covered In Live ... For World Bee Day\">bee colonies<\/a>.Ultimately, the article underscores that such remarkable natural displays, including the coordination of these insects, reflect the vast wonders of creation, echoing the sentiments of King David in Psalm 8 about the majesty of nature.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>King David exclaimed by the Holy Spirit in the eighth psalm, &ldquo;O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Many have certainly had that thought when beholding the beauty of the stars, the might of the sea, or the wonder of the forests.<\/p>\n<p>But what about honeybees?<\/p>\n<p>Giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/thousands-massive-swarm-bees-ruins-bill-gates-time-tennis-match-forces-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honeybees<\/a>, despite their name, are of small account when considered one by one.<\/p>\n<p>But as a hive, they display the incredible behavior of rippling across their nests by flashing their abdomens upward in a coordinated way, according to a 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/giant-honeybee-shimmering-nest-behavior-defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from ScienceNews.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Thailand <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OthdXk6C48\">pic.twitter.com\/OthdXk6C48<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NatureIsAmazing (@OurNatureRocks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OurNatureRocks\/status\/1753943083362791460?\">February 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  A <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.biologists.com\/jeb\/article\/225\/17\/jeb244716\/276503\/Defensive-shimmering-responses-in-Apis-dorsata-are\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> in the Journal of Experimental Biology indicated at the time that the shimmering is most powerful when bees are shown a dark object moving across a lighter background.<\/p>\n<p>Sajesh Vijayan, a behavioral ecologist at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, ran the experiment with different backgrounds and pieces of circular cardboard.<\/p>\n<p>The shimmering reaction was indeed strongest when a black piece of cardboard, rather than a gray one, was moved across a lighter backdrop, but there was no shimmer when the light piece showed up on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ad-council-attempts-to-emotionally-manipulate-low-risk-young-people-to-get-the-covid-jab\/\" title=\"Ad Council Attempts To Emotionally Manipulate Low-Risk Young People To Get The Covid Jab\">dark backdrop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That may indicate the behavior comes in response to predators like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/find-swarm-bees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hornets<\/a> crossing the bright sky.<\/p>\n<p>Sajesh said the setup with the strongest reaction &ldquo;resembles a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fiction-in-the-blood\/\" title=\"FICTION: In The Blood\">natural predator<\/a> or a natural condition.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These are open-nesting colonies, so they are always exposed to a bright sky,&rdquo; he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/huge-truck-carrying-bees-overturns-expert-warns-escaped-swarm-anywhere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honeybees<\/a> indeed make open nests that are not covered by other natural materials.<\/p>\n<p>Kavitha Kannan, a neurobiologist at the University of Konstanz in Germany, told ScienceNews that the pattern of behavior &ldquo;is intriguing, as this is possibly one way in which a species of animal communicates with another to warn that they are capable of defending themselves.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sajesh added that the shimmering behavior, interestingly, may be limited to hornets.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It has not really been reported in cases of birds attacking or birds flying past these colonies,&rdquo; he reported.<\/p>\n<p>But birds instead &ldquo;elicit a mass stinging response.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That may be because the bees jump into stinging mode since the birds appear larger in their sights.<\/p>\n<p>More research has confirmed the shimmering behavior, and another area of study has been regarding the way in which the honeybees coordinate.<\/p>\n<p>One 2009 <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00114-009-0605-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> published in Springer Nature found that the parts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-insect-species-given-green-light-food-humans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nest<\/a> where the shimmering was triggered &ldquo;were primarily arranged in the close periphery of the mouth zone of the nest, around those parts where the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">main locomotory activity occurs<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That supports the theory that &ldquo;groups of specialized bees initiate the shimmering.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Looking beyond the science of the unique behavior, the shimmering is simply magnificent to behold.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists are only scratching the surface of this coordinated movement and the thousands, if not millions, of other interesting facets of the animal kingdom, not to mention the rest of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scientists-discover-god-may-parted-red-sea-hit-pursuing-egyptians-tsunami-like-wave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creation<\/a>, filled with wonders great and small.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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