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I've been killing 20-30 a day in front of our bee hives for a few weeks now. They don't even attack me when I'm doing that, the bees are the only risk. These k
by pedrocr 5y ago
I've been killing 20-30 a day in front of our bee hives for a few weeks now. They don't even attack me when I'm doing that, the bees are the only risk.
These kinds of alarmist articles are always a bit amusing. We've been dealing with this mess for years now in the north of the country but when a single nest was spotted in a city park in the capital it made national news. These suck for the native species that are not adapted to them but they're almost no risk to people. You'd have to go mess with their nest to have a problem. I wish I could even do that. They're so well hidden I'm stuck trying to fend off a relentless attack one by one.
- treeman79 5y agoHad a nest outside my door. My kids all got stung. Dumped 2 full cans of bee spray (different brands) into the nest. Couple days later it was as busy as ever. Rest of summer kids were instructed to take long way around house. Bees won
- snypher 5y agoJust call and have a beekeeper remove it. It's free, and you don't have to dump cans on insecticide into your living environment (and the local insects living environment).
- snypher 5y agoWhich country are you in? These hornets have only recently appeared in the US and well, when you say "suck for the native species"... We're trying to avoid that here.
- pedrocr 5y agoI'm in Portugal where they're also recent. Everyone is trying to avoid the losses to other species although as usual people mostly care about honey bees. That doesn't make these "murder hornets".