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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Native bee species could be 'wiped out' as Asian hornets spread across UK, conservationists warn

Experts sound alarm over increased frequency of sightings from Yorkshire to Cornwall

Nature is a bitch

An Asian hornet seen near Nantes in France, where the insect is said to have first entered Europe in 2004

An Asian hornet seen near Nantes in France, where the insect is said to have first entered Europe in 2004,

Britain's native bee species face being “wiped out” by a "highly aggressive" Asian hornet, conservationists have warned after the invasive insect was spotted in two locations at opposite ends of the country.

The honey bee-killing Asian hornet, which is believed to have first arrived in Europe on crates imported from China to France in 2004, has been confirmed at locations in Liskeard, Cornwall and Hull

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I copied this so whether it's true or not I don't know

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Found one in Gloucestershire years ago. Big bugger scaring my workforce so I captured it, sent pictures to the Natural History Museum and they confirmed it.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

A single Asian Hornet can singlehandedly wipe out an entire bee colony (they’re effectively armour plated and are thus impervious to the desperately ineffectual attempts from the soldier bees to stop them)

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By *horecruxCouple
over a year ago

SE4

Beta bees

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A single Asian Hornet can singlehandedly wipe out an entire bee colony (they’re effectively armour plated and are thus impervious to the desperately ineffectual attempts from the soldier bees to stop them) "

So I shouldn't have released it then?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It is true and iv had to report one myself! Doubtfull on the agression though, i held this one on a towel on my hand! Found in my works laundry, i had to expell it due to my workplace being a carehome and i didnt at that time know with what i was dealing. When i later researched it, i was shocked but pleased id seen one, pretty cool find and a friendly lil guy!

S

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…


"A single Asian Hornet can singlehandedly wipe out an entire bee colony (they’re effectively armour plated and are thus impervious to the desperately ineffectual attempts from the soldier bees to stop them)

So I shouldn't have released it then?"

Hopefully, it will have found a pesky wasps nest to attack instead (wasp descrimination here)

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…


"It is true and iv had to report one myself! Doubtfull on the agression though, i held this one on a towel on my hand! Found in my works laundry, i had to expell it due to my workplace being a carehome and i didnt at that time know with what i was dealing. When i later researched it, i was shocked but pleased id seen one, pretty cool find and a friendly lil guy!

S"

Aggressive behaviour towards humans from the Asian Hornet usually occur when the soldiers perceive the intruder as a threat to their colony. In Japan for instance, there have been many human fatalities amongst forest workers, who have unwittingly come into close proximity with hornet nests during the course of their work.

A solitary hornet scout conversely, is likely no more aggressive than a native wasp here....but don’t hold me to that for anyone getting stung

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"It is true and iv had to report one myself! Doubtfull on the agression though, i held this one on a towel on my hand! Found in my works laundry, i had to expell it due to my workplace being a carehome and i didnt at that time know with what i was dealing. When i later researched it, i was shocked but pleased id seen one, pretty cool find and a friendly lil guy!

S

Aggressive behaviour towards humans from the Asian Hornet usually occur when the soldiers perceive the intruder as a threat to their colony. In Japan for instance, there have been many human fatalities amongst forest workers, who have unwittingly come into close proximity with hornet nests during the course of their work.

A solitary hornet scout conversely, is likely no more aggressive than a native wasp here....but don’t hold me to that for anyone getting stung "

They seem nasty bastards

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ah well, its just evolution

S

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The insect worlds equivalent of the Apache AH64 attack helicopter.

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By *alldarksurreyMan
over a year ago

surrey

If they havent wiped out the honey bees in asia where they orignated from or anywhere else in the world then its unlikely they will do here

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

Coming over here taking our wasping jobs. That's why we need Brexit.

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