Tracking the ‘Murder Hornet’

It is.

Bees are a community. They will adapt.

I already don't like the #### things. I think God was drunken one night creating a evil wasp such as that. God knows it takes too much work to prefect the thing so... the Bees will take care of it. Hopefully.

The problem I have with it is apparently it stays warm in a washington state winter. And procreate. Its going to run wild in our USA. I don't know of any natural predator big enough to snack on them. There is usually a balance in nature.

 

We have a surgeon in Bryant, he has working bees at his flowers around the building. Clouds of them this time of year. As long you are slow and easy through there they literally work around you. Just don't swat, make noise or run. There are several large providers of flowers in the field but we are kind of thin on bees there this year.

The problem is the hornet. They love that tree pollen on the car near the trunk when it's open. Make a beeline for some of that. And were in the way.

I am not allergic, but in trucking have been hit by both wasp and hornet. They to understate, are not fun. One got me on the spine at 80 near Binghampton and it lit me up. Gathered that truck back after the trailer got away on dry pavement. Thats how bad it was. I was actually looking for the shooter at that point outside once i soothed the rig.

 

Hive mites are a bigger problem. I couldn’t keep on top of the things, and I only had one hive. Bees finally had enough and left. I sold all my beekeeping crap and crossed that hobby off my list.

A black bear dined on what was left.

 

Maybe these murder Hornets will take a liking to the stink bugs we got from Asia in the late 90s.

 

Just put cages around the hives.

 

I had it strapped down to screw anchors when it was active. No bear problem until I left the defunct hive components laying around in the open.

 

Are you sure you weren't bitten by a horsefly? These guys are all over the place and the bites suuuuuuck.



We also have Cicada Killers here but they are pretty chill and don't really bother anyone.

 

Horseflies are ###holes