Steven P. Administrators Posted May 3, 2020 Administrators Share Posted May 3, 2020 Erm Quote BLAINE, Wash. — In his decades of beekeeping, Ted McFall had never seen anything like it. As he pulled his truck up to check on a group of hives near Custer, Wash., in November, he could spot from the window a mess of bee carcasses on the ground. As he looked closer, he saw a pile of dead members of the colony in front of a hive and more carnage inside — thousands and thousands of bees with their heads torn from their bodies and no sign of a culprit. “I couldn’t wrap my head around what could have done that,” Mr. McFall said. Only later did he come to suspect that the killer was what some researchers simply call the “murder hornet.” With queens that can grow to two inches long, Asian giant hornets can use mandibles shaped like spiked shark fins to wipe out a honeybee hive in a matter of hours, decapitating the bees and flying away with the thoraxes to feed their young. For larger targets, the hornet’s potent venom and stinger — long enough to puncture a beekeeping suit — make for an excruciating combination that victims have likened to hot metal driving into their skin. In Japan, the hornets kill up to 50 people a year. Now, for the first time, they have arrived in the United States. Source and more: The New York Times Thanks 2020, as if it didn't suck enough already! +Raze, +primortal, bguy_1986 and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Nice. olepaketa 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted May 3, 2020 Global Moderator Share Posted May 3, 2020 "long enough to puncture a beekeeping suit" Well, maybe these creatures will convince people to stay indoors. Though 2020 needs a serious CTRL+ALT+DEL spikey_richie, Steven P., +E.Worm Jimmy and 2 others 2 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marujan Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) Covid > Hornets > Mosquitos > Ticks Nuclear Rats soon ? +DonC and Brony 1 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 How did they arrive here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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redfish Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Jim K said: "long enough to puncture a beekeeping suit" Well, maybe these creatures will convince people to stay indoors. Though 2020 needs a serious CTRL+ALT+DEL We need models forecasting the number of murder hornet related deaths, and CDC guidelines. If people aren't scared enough, just multiply the estimates x10 based on worst-case scenarios. +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudslag Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 We haven't even reached 6 months into 2020, the rest of this year is going to be a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) I'm sorry, America... but if those things have reached you, there's only one solution. +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 As if there wasn’t enough nightmare fuel in the world already, how dare you! 😥😥😥 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotoxic Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 3 hours ago, FloatingFatMan said: I'm sorry, America... but if those things have reached you, there's only one solution. We have them in the UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/asian-hornet-uk-sightings-in-2018 +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 hour ago, exotoxic said: We have them in the UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/asian-hornet-uk-sightings-in-2018 ... Meduso, Jim K and +Raze 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 19 hours ago, JustGeorge said: How did they arrive here? I'm assuming on murder boats. +E.Worm Jimmy, JustGeorge, +Raze and 2 others 1 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Raze Subscriber² Posted May 4, 2020 Subscriber² Share Posted May 4, 2020 21 hours ago, JustGeorge said: How did they arrive here? On a slow boat from China Japan. JustGeorge 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DonC Subscriber² Posted May 4, 2020 Subscriber² Share Posted May 4, 2020 13 hours ago, exotoxic said: We have them in the UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/asian-hornet-uk-sightings-in-2018 I was concerned when I went to that page and the first line that jumped out at me was: Quote Only go outside for food, health reasons or work (but only if you cannot work from home) ... and then I realised that was related to Covid-19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 7 hours ago, DonC said: I was concerned when I went to that page and the first line that jumped out at me was: ... and then I realised that was related to Covid-19. Trust me, if those things ARE around here, I'm never going outside again! I'm deathly allergic to wasp stings and god knows what an Asian hornet would do to me! Wasps are bad tempered.... Hornets are EVIL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted May 5, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted May 5, 2020 Here's another pic if you still needed to understand the scale: +hedleigh and +DonC 1 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He's Dead Jim Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 The poor wee beasties, they're just a product of nature... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, He's Dead Jim said: The poor wee beasties, they're just a product of nature... The only thing "wee" about these beasties, is the stuff dribbling down my leg... bguy_1986, Steven P. and He's Dead Jim 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted May 5, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted May 5, 2020 This just in! DocM, FloatingFatMan, Meduso and 2 others 1 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted May 6, 2020 Subscriber¹ Share Posted May 6, 2020 On 5/3/2020 at 5:49 PM, Steven P. said: Why is Rick Grimes picture used in the article? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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