[Dmander]

Apis dorsata, the giant honey bee of South and Southeast Asia, builds large single combs in exposed locations beneath branches, cliffs and buildings. When a colony is threatened, hundreds of bees on the surface can flip their abdomens upward in a coordinated wave known as shimmering. The wave crosses the comb in a split second and helps repel predatory hornets. Field research conducted at Chitwan, Nepal, in November 2004 found that the behavior maintained a shelter zone of about 50 centimeters around the colony and could disrupt a wasp's targeting.

Large oval combs covered by dense curtains of bees hang beneath tree branches and from exposed trunks. A suited presenter approaches one comb with a probe, while close views show the tightly packed surface bees and the defensive wave moving across the colony.

[güttsfükk]

that's amazing, didnt think it was so big until he went up by it.

added some wikipedia info to the original post and those 2 pix. the 1 wide nest is about 3 to 3.5 foot long

[Dmander]

Thanks for the additional info, I never knew they existed.

[güttsfükk]

neither did I, i was interested to just look up a bit more about them and so did some searched online and found those pix and the wiki page :)

that root which he stands next to at the start is insane

[Dmander]

Hell, I thought it was a wall.

[Hotstuff]

mexican wave

[annmarie]

those are some really bees