Hornet

[RoseCottage]

For those interested take a look at:

This was my original summary source...
http://hymettus.org.uk/downloads/Info_sheets_2010/12_Vespa_velutina_1col_infosheet.pdf

But this is a better study...the detail...
https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/beebase/downloadDocument.cfm?id=276

all the best,
Sam

 

[steve_e]

I stumbled upon this youtube video showing a hornet attack on a bee hive. Apologies if it's been posted before but it's like a nightmare - part of me wonders if it's just very realistic CGI...

Does anyone know what kind of hornets they are?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDSf3Kshq1M"]youtube video[/ame]

 

[tkwinston4]

Another thread for paranoid beekeepers who view other insect life in terms of "nasty beasties"?

Why are beekeepers seemingly so intersted in killing things ... woodpeckers, mice, hornets, wasps?

 

[steve_e]

Uh, ok. Thanks for the feedback. I didn't think I had any particular attitude to 'beasties'. I just saw the video and was taken aback by it and wanted to know more about it.

But thanks for pointing out I shouldn't have.