Murder hornets, and japanese Honeybees

[gardenmom5]

Japanese Honeybees have figured out how to kill murder hornets.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/us/murder-hornets-asian-giant-hornet-bees.html?fbclid=IwAR0HxFNs_igfzt7GYWCfcx7F6OznTb1PwMWbEyomizunnUfM9Zy2_H38gxI

 

 

[Laurie]

Several days ago, I was watching a story on the local news about these murder hornets.   And then today I saw this story:  https://komonews.com/news/local/bug-experts-dismiss-worry-about-us-murder-hornets-as-hype-05-07-2020-181720431

Now I feel like this is some kind of bug deja vu..."Don't worry,  Americans, this murder hornet (Wuhan virus) is really nothing to get all worried about.  But what you should really be afraid of is the mosquito (influenza, so get your flu shot).  "  

I wonder if it's time to start stockpiling Raid hornet spray???

[ElizabethB]

Apparently we just need to teach our bees how to kill them!  

[Matryoshka]

3 minutes ago, Laurie said:

Several days ago, I was watching a story on the local news about these murder hornets.   And then today I saw this story:  https://komonews.com/news/local/bug-experts-dismiss-worry-about-us-murder-hornets-as-hype-05-07-2020-181720431

Now I feel like this is some kind of bug deja vu..."Don't worry,  Americans, this murder hornet (Wuhan virus) is really nothing to get all worried about.  But what you should really be afraid of is the mosquito (influenza, so get your flu shot).  "  

I wonder if it's time to start stockpiling Raid hornet spray???

Well, the killer bees never did get us...  remember the killer bees?

[Miss Tick]

24 minutes ago, Matryoshka said:

Well, the killer bees never did get us...  remember the killer bees?

The killer bees are entrenched in the southern US, though. I assume they will ever so slowly move north as the climate warms. In southern Arizona my parents were told recently that every new hive is killer bees, as he removed a hive from the wall of their house.

Did you hear the one about the invasive insect that kills sugar maple trees? There was a local-ish case and in addition to killing the insects, they cut down all the sugar makes within 3 miles, just in case.

Won't things look so subtly different a generation from now? All the Ash trees in my area are dead in the last 5 years thanks to the Emerald Ash Borer.

[gardenmom5]

27 minutes ago, Matryoshka said:

Well, the killer bees never did get us...  remember the killer bees?

please note the date.  This is this year.

https://nypost.com/2020/02/22/swarm-of-40000-killer-bees-attack-first-responders-in-california/

[Matryoshka]

4 minutes ago, SusanC said:

The killer bees are entrenched in the southern US, though. I assume they will ever so slowly move north as the climate warms. In southern Arizona my parents were told recently that every new hive is killer bees, as he removed a hive from the wall of their house.

Did you hear the one about the invasive insect that kills sugar maple trees? There was a local-ish case and in addition to killing the insects, they cut down all the sugar makes within 3 miles, just in case.

Won't things look so subtly different a generation from now? All the Ash trees in my area are dead in the last 5 years thanks to the Emerald Ash Borer.

Sigh.  I live up north so I am in so far in blissful ignorance of this.  I also hear you have fire ants, lol.  And aren't there giant flying cockroaches down south?  The mosquitoes and ticks are enough for me!

It's so sad about so many tree species succumbing - Chestnut Blight, Dutch elm, Ash borer, the Asian longhorned beetle is apparently killing a few different species - I hadn't heard about the sugar maple one - that would be devastating if the sugar maples went!

[prairiewindmomma]

Praying Mantis also kill murder hornets.

[Ausmumof3]

23 hours ago, prairiewindmomma said:

Praying Mantis also kill murder hornets.

Yes there’s a delightful video of this doing the rounds right now 🤢