In their native range Vespa velutina mainly hunt Apis cerana which has evolved a strategy of avoiding hovering hornets by rapid entry and exit from the hive when hornets are about .
Apis cerana is the Eastern honey bee .
In their native range Vespa velutina mainly hunt Apis cerana , the Eastern honey bee , which has evolved a strategy of avoiding hovering hornets by rapid entry and exit from the hive when hornets are about .