The life and death struggles between wild bees and their natural enemy, wasps are repeated every day at their beehive, built in an old tea tree in Chengdu city. The camera catches exciting moments of the survival struggle between the bees and wasps and the battle for food among the wasps.
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A bee stands guard at the gate of its tea tree “fortress”.[Photo/Xinhua] |
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A wasp attack! Bees flex their hips against the enemy.[Photo/Xinhua] |
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A wasp waits for bees outside the beehive.[Photo/Xinhua] |
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A bee passes by a wasp.[Photo/Xinhua] |
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A ferocious wasp.[Photo/Xinhua] |
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A big wasp eats a bee.[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Two wasps fight against each other for food in front of the beehive.[Photo/Xinhua] |
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A wasp is killed by bees after losing too much energy in a battle with another wasp.[Photo/Xinhua] |
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A bee is caught by a wasp.[Photo/Xinhua] |
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