--- description: This video of a bumblebee saving his brethren is true heroism title: Watch a Bee Heroically Save His Friend From an Attacking Spider image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Bee Heroically Save His Friend From an Attacking Spider by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 11, 2014 6:22 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 11, 2014 6:22 PM CUT It looked like the end for our good friend the bumble bee. He was trapped in a web, fighting for his life, and a huge spider was going in for the kill. Then, out of nowhere, his bumble bee brethren swooped in to attack the spider and save his friend. The video was posted on YouTube by a British dad who says he was recording the event “to show my son who was asleep at the time sort of a brutal life lesson.” ([h/t: Daily of the Day](http://dailyoftheday.com/animals-bros-bumblebee-saves-friend "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2859357/watch-a-bee-heroically-save-another-bee-from-an-attacking-spider/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2859357/watch-a-bee-heroically-save-another-bee-from-an-attacking-spider/"},"headline":"Watch a Bee Heroically Save His Friend From an Attacking Spider","datePublished":"2014-06-11T18:22:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:40.048Z","description":"True heroism","url":"https://time.com/2859357/watch-a-bee-heroically-save-another-bee-from-an-attacking-spider/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Appreciation","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2859357/watch-a-bee-heroically-save-another-bee-from-an-attacking-spider/","name":"Watch a Bee Heroically Save His Friend From an Attacking Spider"}}]}] ```