https://nypost.com/2020/04/16/seventeen-year-cicadas-are-abo...
> Planakis said that in China, they have hornet hunters.
> “There’s a tracker, and what they do is they set up a water source, and they wait there, like a deer hunter would,” he said.
> “As soon as they see the hornet coming to the water source to drink, the guy jumps out with a net, and he grabs it. Then, ever so carefully, he ties a strong on it and lets it go.
> “There’s a spotter watching it now with binoculars, and he watches this thing as it flies, because obviously it’s going to fly back to the nest. When they find it, they mark where the nest is.
> “And at night they come back and with a flame-thrower, pretty much go at it, just follow them back to their base camp, and when they least expect it, boom, go after them.”
It's outdoors, it's socially distanced, it's the perfect job for the Covid-19 economy.
There's a second story today about how Japanese honey bees swarm these hornets, raise the temperature, and cook them alive: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/us/murder-hornets-asian-g... There's a cool video to go along: https://youtu.be/awoV5Wj9Iys
Who cares? There have been reports by other news organizations for months now? Does the exist of these hornets change whether it is reported by the nytimes or not?
https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2019/12/huge-invasive...
> There's a second story today about how Japanese honey bees swarm these hornets, raise the temperature, and cook them alive:
This has been on social media for many many years. Nothing new or worthwhile really.
> There's a cool video to go along: https://youtu.be/awoV5Wj9Iys
See. 2017.
Anyway, I can't stop thinking on P.K.Dick's Meddler, but with hornets instead of blue butterflies. Try to avoid bringing them from the future.
Some fun quotes:
“Fatalities from envenomation are primarily related to anaphylactic shock or cardiac arrest.”
“Those who died, on average, were stung 59 times (with a standard deviation of 12)”
“Only a few hornets (under 50) can exterminate a colony of tens of thousands of bees in a few hours”
“ European honey bees have no innate defense against the hornets, which can rapidly destroy their colonies.”
And the wasps are also a dubious nutritional supplement.
Sounds like good bait for a hornet trap.
Isn't this true for all kinds of wasps/hornets?
