So lange dauerte dann wohl der Todeskampf der Biene.
Hi Manfred,
I must have mistranslated the quoted text. I interpret this sentence as "that is how long the death of the bee lasted or that is how long the bee suffered". Thus, i responded that there is no suffering with such a high amount of toxicity. I wanted to be certain that noone is perceiving this process as suffering. My apologies for misunderstanding you. English is my native language.
I bought a camera in 2013 and i asked the store clerk which camera should i buy to make nice photos. He suggested a compact camera. Now keep in mind that i knew nothing about photography or cameras. I bought the camera that he suggested. I tried it at home and naturally i thought that zoom means the camera lens will bring the subject closer for a tighter photo. I soon learned that i was wrong. The photos looked watery/blurry. I assumed that it was normal.
In 2014, when i still used Digital Zoom to bring subjects closer, i witnessed a hornet attack a bee. I made cheap compact camera with digital zoom photos of this attack. The photos are horrible. After this event, i started researching digital zoom and i discovered that one should not use this feature ever. Digital Zoom is equivalent to opening the photo in an image editor and blowing it up/enlarging he photo more than 100%. Yikes! The marketing on the package doesn't mention this garbage concept. I learned to just leave the lens unzoomed and move the camera closer to the subject instead. I got mad and researched cameras and photography and ended up with a semipro dslr with a pro 1:1 macro lens.
I haven't seen such an attack since 2014 but now i have a pro macro lens to make better photos of such an event.
The attack that i photographed lasted maybe 25 seconds. The hornet grabbed the bee and bit the head off immediately. No stinging was involved. It was a brutal attack. Hornets are bee killing machines for sure.
Best Wishes,
John