The Japanese honey bee Apis cerana japonica (Hymenoptera: Apidae) collects and applies plant and fungal materials to the hive entrance as a potential defense against the northern giant hornet Vespa mandarinia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Sumimiya Y, Ono M, Sasaki T
Applied Entomology and Zoology
Springer
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-025-00952-6