Asian hornet - be aware and stay safe

[Botty Cough]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I know, bit disappointed with myself.

I'm sure you can treat yourself to blasting off at a Disney mermaid film...😂

[Stubby]

17 hours ago, john87 said:

So the things crap on you AND sting you??

 

john..

They don't just sting ( as our resident hornet or wasp . ) They " slash " . Their sting is like a small saber . It slashes and causes an open wound . People have died going into anafalactic  shock from them .

Edited February 25 by Stubby

[Treetom15]

8 minutes ago, Stubby said:

They don't just sting ( as our resident hornet or wasp . ) They " slash " . Their sting is like a small saber . It slashes and causes an open wound . People have died going into anafalactic  shok from them .

I did wonder (and I know it’s a daft question), if you react badly to regular wasp/bee stings surely you would have a far worse reaction to a sting off these? 

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, Treetom15 said:

I did wonder (and I know it’s a daft question), if you react badly to regular wasp/bee stings surely you would have a far worse reaction to a sting off these? 

Probably but I am no expert . Its just what I have read and seen . ( youtube in Asia ) .

[Joe Newton]

1 hour ago, Treetom15 said:

I did wonder (and I know it’s a daft question), if you react badly to regular wasp/bee stings surely you would have a far worse reaction to a sting off these? 

I managed to blag a few epi pens from my doctor for that exact reason. I don't want to find out the hard way. 

[Mike Hill]

Ffs.

 

Once England ruled half the globe,yet now you soil your collective linen at the prospect of some " bitey flies?".

 

 

[Joe Newton]

20 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

Ffs.

 

Once England ruled half the globe,yet now you soil your collective linen at the prospect of some " bitey flies?".

 

 

You'd be scared of them too if your shithole of a country wasn't too waterlogged to be worth them invading!

[Mike Hill]

9 hours ago, Joe Newton said:

You'd be scared of them too if your shithole of a country wasn't too waterlogged to be worth them invading!

To be honest they might spice things up a bit around here.

 

Especially with their " Saber like" slashing stingers.

 

 

[Botty Cough]

Just now, Mike Hill said:

To be honest they might spice things up a bit around here.

 

Especially with their " Saber like" slashing stingers.

 

 

You could always go for self drowning...😁

[Mike Hill]

We used to have to deal with North American Hornets at work.

 

We had a bee keeper helmet and would wear ski pants and jacket under rain clothes.Tape our cuffs and ankles ,climb up and swiftly bag the nest in a bin bag and then come down.

 

Normally we would empty a can of spray into the bag and that would be the end of them. Once a customer used a can of aerosol thinner instead,it was a particularly large nest so I wanted to keep it. I put it in the workshop but unfortunately the thinners just knocked the hornets out for a while and the next day we had a shed full of pisssed off hungover bitey flies.