European Yellow Wasps attacking hive

[boca]

European hornets also deserve some nice words. They look frightening but certainly they are not devil. They are less aggressive than other more common wasps for ex. This summer I have encountered several nests in the Hungarian Bükk mountains. A watched them from one meter from their nest and they were doing their duties undisturbed.

These are common myths - a sting from a European hornet isn't any more dangerous than any other wasp sting, and European hornets are less aggressive than other wasps.[wikipedia]

Actually they pray on many species of insects, many of them are pests in gardens.

The beewolves are more dangerous to bees, since the female beewolf pray (almost) exclusively on honeybees, and it takes up to six bees to feed a single beewolf larva. Here I see beewolves taking my bees continously.

[SerenaSYH]

EGADS, EGADS!!! those nasty Japanese yellow jackets are givin' me more nightmares than any horror flick!

I just wanna torch those things!!!

Poor honeybees! Gee, I hate to think that there is something even more vicious out there!

But when I looked up beewolf, those things are small! Whereas those Japanese ones on the attack, those things were just rolling out carcass after carcass of honeybees. They seem so much more voracious in action! Gyaaaaaa!!!!!!!