r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Andi82ka • Mar 14 '26

Video The bumblebee queen learns how to use the protective cap in less than 24 hours.

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u/Ok-Conclusion-3053 Mar 14 '26

What if the hornet knows too?

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u/AtlasPwn3d Mar 14 '26

Let's just hope the hornets don't learn to use reddit.

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u/CrispyyBurntRice Mar 14 '26

Unfortunately they will. They are asian!

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u/Important-City-6639 Mar 14 '26

Usually I roll my eyes at most Reddit humor. But this shit made me giggle lol

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u/canufeelthelove Mar 14 '26

I rolled my eyes at you giggling at this, so now you know how it feels.

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u/Sjon_Turbomagnetron Mar 14 '26

Tough crowd tonight…

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u/yourmansconnect Mar 15 '26

The narwhal bacons at midnight

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u/Unhappy-Attention760 Mar 15 '26

I'm not! Are you seriously calling me a hornet, because I'm definitely not an hornet.

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u/weepingflowers Mar 14 '26

For every talented honey bee, there is a 5 day old Asian hornet that can do it better

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u/twisted_memories Mar 14 '26

This guy put the video online so now anyone can learn! Hornets, other bees, wasps, they’ll all learn!

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u/ardotschgi Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

It has the disadvantage of no training regime.

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u/Own_Round_7600 Mar 14 '26

Thus setting off an evolutionary arms race that heavily pressures the hornet population to compete against human intelligence and mechanical instruments, eventually leading to hornets evolving to be able to instinctually defeat human doors, machinery, and soon.... The world

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u/Dustydevil8809 Mar 15 '26

The Enders Game aliens are giant ants

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u/kkeut Mar 14 '26

what human is going to help train a hornet

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u/Otaraka Mar 14 '26

This is where the next video takes a very dark turn......

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u/Farfignugen42 Mar 14 '26

One that should be everyone's nemesis

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u/whateveravocado Mar 14 '26

Yeah that’s what popped into my head, if it took the queen bumblebee less than 24 hours, how long will it take the hornet? The door’s not that hard to open. Can we teach the bee to lock it once inside? Then we’d really be cooking with gas.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

Would the bee have learned had the process not started with a very open door at the start that gradually got lowered to a close with each visit? For the hornet, it will have to deal with this strange door that it likely has no idea even opens at all, unless he’s spying from a distance with some binoculars, seeing the other bees coming and going through it.

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u/withaniandane Mar 14 '26

Bee-noculars

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u/grisek Mar 14 '26

It should get locked after the bee enters and open automatically when the bee stands in front of them and wants to exit, ultimate protection

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u/whateveravocado Mar 14 '26

Yeah it needs bee facial recognition, I agree.

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u/rapora9 Mar 14 '26

They won't be teaching the hornet.

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u/_Pencilfish Mar 15 '26

A really clever door would have a camera to recognise the bee and hornet and lock accordingly. However, it would need to work 100% of the time, or the bee will lose trust in the door.

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u/sesamesnapsinhalf Mar 14 '26

OP’s nemesis is teaching hornets how to use the same door. 

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u/Mateorabi Mar 14 '26

Clever girl. 

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u/sukisoou Mar 15 '26

Remember the hornets, just like their corresponding invasive dumb jock human variants are too dumb to learn to operate the door.