Jetpilot Posted May 19, 2014 Author Posted May 19, 2014 I have seen hornets before and can safely say this was nothing like it! Quote
sipar69 Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 Oh my god, I hate wasps, if I saw one of them I would pass out. I'm a big of a wimp with flying stingy things but I love bees. Bees are awesome. I agree. Bees are cool. Quote
ChrisB Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 We live next to the woods, and regularly get wasps building nests in the house or shed walls or in the ground... particularly creepy hearing the munching of floorboards at night time... Mostly they are OK and we live and let live (wasps are good for the environment really - it's usually only when they become unemployed washed up alcoholics at the end of the year that they start trouble). However, last year I made a kennel for one of our dogs and sadly had to clear a nest out of the ground. One sting later... My hand does not normally look like that Quote
JetSet Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 I have seen hornets before and can safely say this was nothing like it! Maybe you should report it to DEFRA. I know they've been heading up through France so maybe they've arrived. Apparently about 20-30 people a year are killed by the stings in Japan but the main problem is that they can decimate the honey bee population, killing as many as 40 a minute . Thinking about it I don't think I've ever seen a hornet. Pete Quote
ChrisB Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 I saw a hornet engaged in a battle with a dragon fly once. Wish I had a picture of it - like something prehistoric ! Dragonfly lost BTW. Quote
JetSet Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 I just checked on U.K Hornets, only found in Southern Britain below a line stretching from The Severn to The Wash so not found this far North. Pete Quote
Flex Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 Oh my god, I hate wasps, if I saw one of them I would pass out. I'm a big of a wimp with flying stingy things but I love bees. Bees are awesome. I agree. Bees are cool. Plus a million for Bees! Love em. Cute little critters! Quote
ChrisB Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 ^^ BM We have all the best insects here in the South.. But certainly not looking forward to coming across an Asian hornet.. Quote
Flex Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 http://youtu.be/RfyPno7n_Wk Nope Nope Nope I'll stand by first thought and say kill it with fire!! They're nearly all women! All the men are for is reproduction. Well I never! Quote
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