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A Film Crew Unleashes 40,000 Killer Bees on Itself

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The 'Secrets of the Hive' film crew spare no precaution for a daunting task ahead: filming tens of thousands of killer bees, angry at the intrusion into their hive.

The most amazing part is how they are able to fly around so fast with so many close together and not run into one another.

— @Mike-01234

From: SECRETS OF THE HIVE

http://bit.ly/1Ntv6Y5

They can chase up to a quarter of a mile btw lol

— @nbambina856

More User Perspectives

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Racist bees

@thomashost9562
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I identify as a bee but not an African one!

@smiffy113
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One of you should’ve worn black, you know, for research.

@matt_h_27
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“ A film crew release 40,000 killer bees on its self “???

“A film rew release 40,000 killer bees on themselves “

“ dumb ways to die “

@texasmadeddp4170
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A MOVIE crew. :-) You do not film, you video. Film, filming, and filmmaking are the most misused words in the industry. 🙂 Digital Video and film require different skill sets. Having DIFFERENT historical and TECHNOLOGICAL timelines spanning 150 years. Have pride and knowledge of the gear we use including the words that describe what we do. Our tools are Digital Video, Non-linear, and CGI. We are moviemakers, not filmmakers. We do what film wished it could. We are Videographers and/or cinematographers. 🙂 We video or are videoing, we do not film. That's the other RARE professionals who know how to use film and film cameras, like an ARRIFLEX 435 Panavision R-200 and Steenbeck flatbed film editors. Know the difference and have a better understanding of the craft. You will also stand out in an industry polluted with point-and-shoot "pros". Respect to you.✌♥

@Rocketryman
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So THAT'S the REAL purpose of the outfits Islamic men make their women wear!!!!! Got it!

@pirateslappy7257
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What brand of suit are you wearing?

@crystalleemelodies
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How about stopping the bees from killing us. Try that ‘experiment’.

@dub16100
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Better them than me !

@Guesswho-x4o
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OMG

@ThalApiFarm
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Atleast bee protector suit is more protective

@ImLateSorryImWatchingTiktok
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My dad is a firefighter in AZ and has been on calls for Africanized bee attacks, they’re vicious for their size.

@heebiejeebsies
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Film crew filming the film crew

@Devo2421
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They just want to play be nice get out of the suit🤗🤗🤗

@mariovvv5639
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why not cover suits in soapy water? cause it looks better for the cameras.

@Hugging_Cactus
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Although killer bees are more agressive does a single killer bee sting hurt more than a regular bee sting or is it the same?

@NightOwlGames
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How come some attack and some dont, It seems like some of them dont want to be bothered and fly away.

@sspin10357
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good job

@abassali1821
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Welcome to the H.E.V. MK. IV, for use in hazardous environment conditions

@Jackomojo
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When I was growing up I had never heard of the African Killer Bees until I saw the Irwin Allen Film The Swarm with Michael Caine and after that I saw every other movie about these bees from The Savage Bees to Terror out of the Sky to Deadly Invasion:The Killer Bee Nightmare.

@nicholasmorsovillo2752
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I would do this if I had a bee suit I could see how the bees reacts and you won’t get stung at all

@ĦØŁŁØŴ-X
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Don’t bees die after they sting? So you’re telling me this crew just disturbed 40,000 bees and provoked an unknown number to death...... for the sake of a (n admittedly beautiful) video?

@gakaya6t
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2:50 i love how chubby they look while flying

@smuckersstains
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Wait a minute... I live in Queretaro Mexico!!

@perassandias
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Africanised honey bees produce way more honey than normal honey bees.

@bluelab5019
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WARNING:the following comment may be found racist to some people and I probably shouldn’t have said it but I did.










They said that sting black things Would they sting black people more then white people?

@cdcoolnes4900
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Yes I am hearing in the last couple years something is happening with the killer bees--they are no longer aggressive. I beleive because of the mixed genetics from the queen being open mated

@bradgoliphant
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The amount of stingers on that black cloth was crazy!

@JC-11111
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Wow the amount of stings you could see

@CaseyWiggin
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Shouldn't they exterminate them instead of playing games with them?

@michaelgarcia2050
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how to not get attacked by bees

Be the cameraman, or better yet...
Bee the cameraman

@sakitaru64ツ
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Bees go for CO2 as any mammal that attacks their hive expels CO2. It's more CO2 than color.

@christianpaul3303
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UnBEElievable!

@tjstraw1
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Glad to see the returns
At the end of the video😀

@Abdul_Hakeem_M
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Not as bad as giant hornets

@towelietowel4513
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I think ill just stay in the car






WITH THE BEEKEEPER SUIT ON

@datboi2692
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Unbeelievable

@sadiq7700
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Oh my god that is a lot of killer Bee's

@bjackson30303
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well the countries with killer bees have bad pest control, when the exterminator gets there tens of thousands of bees flee the scene to start a new nest. where with nippon gas you can gas them all and you dont even have to approach them in the first place which is when they normally try to flee. in America the president must want to string his experts up, or keep killer bees going as its good for business.

@richardanthonygilbey
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I wonder how many bees senselessly loss their lives for the sake of humans learning what happens when we instigate them, especially after they worked very hard for us to produce honey. All those stingers left impaled into everything during the making of this video represents a bee that lost it's life that was only trying to defend their colony, and this was completely avoidable. And we shame these bees for killing a few of us, when we commit genocide on a daily basis? Which of the species is the evil one?

@brucecook502
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"Why do they call them killer?"
Uhhhhhhhhh

@Shootskas
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So bees are raccist

@benjibou746
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This is great man!!

@alexanderzvavambire3296
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Everything that comes out of Africa is violent.

@SOLDOZER
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I would swat them with a broom

@countryboyshenanigans4269
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I’ll still run even if I’m wearing this suit lol

@MrPakistanie
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OMG they made bees and hives from minecraft into a real thing!!!

@shadowmidd
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Yall are fukin weird

@SundanceMLD