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Old 01-10-2012, 5:41pm   #1
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30,000 honey bees killed by 30 Japanese giant hornets. The hornets, commonly called yak-killer hornets, have a body length of 2" and a 3" wing span. Each year in Japan, the human death toll caused by Asian giant hornet stings exceeds that of all other venomous and non-venomous wild animals combined, including wild bears and venomous snakes. The sting has been described as feeling "like a hot nail being driven into my leg."

The hornets can devastate a colony of honey bees: a single hornet can kill as many as 40 honey bees per minute thanks to its large mandibles which can quickly strike and decapitate a bee. It takes only a few of these hornets a few hours to exterminate the population of a 30,000-member hive, leaving a trail of severed insect heads and limbs. The hornets are after the larvae inside the honeycomb.

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I've been stung by one of those bitches. Worse than a bumblebee.
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I am getting nightmares now
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Let those bad boys get loose here and it's all over.
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Old 01-10-2012, 5:47pm   #5
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Holy smokes! Those are some massive mandibles. Would hate getting stung by one of those suckers.

Pretty damn good camera shots in that video.
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Old 01-10-2012, 5:47pm   #6
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just wow that was amazing

kept thinking it was cgi

thnx 4 posting
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Holy Jurasic Park batman! They better keep them critters over in Jap land....YUCK!

They should design bee hives with small entrance holes only the bees could get through!

I'll just cross Japan off my must do list.
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Old 01-10-2012, 5:51pm   #8
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Um, Asian hornets are here.
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I am getting nightmares now
Those things would pick you up and carry you away.
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Old 01-10-2012, 6:03pm   #11
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I've been stung by one of those bitches. Worse than a bumblebee.
No shit? Their venom is super potent; it's the same chemicals in other wasps, just more of it.
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Um, Asian hornets are here.
But not here here where I'm at mofo. Floridas citrus industry would be done in a few years.
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No shit? Their venom is super potent; it's the same chemicals in other wasps, just more of it.
Felt like a star pitcher had just drilled a baseball into my back.
I had plate size swelling on my back.

Luckily, they don't stand a chance against the shopvac.


edit: might still be a few in there...I'll check
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Yeah no shit
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Old 01-10-2012, 6:24pm   #15
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Nope. Already emptied it.
They'll start back up in the spring and I'm sure I'll kill a bunch.
I'll be sure to post some pics.
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Nope. Already emptied it.
They'll start back up in the spring and I'm sure I'll kill a bunch.
I'll be sure to post some pics.
Please do post some pics. I didn't know those hornets had made it over here. Do you know how many States have them?
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Please do post some pics. I didn't know those hornets had made it over here. Do you know how many States have them?
Nope, been trying to look up an "US infestation range" but can't find anything
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found some pics I took, uploading now...
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Can't really see it in the pics, but those bitches got like a quarter-inch stinger!
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