Giant Asian Hornet Threat to Bees

[Michael Bush]

> Are they ground hornets ?

I'm no expert, but what I was reading on honeybeesuite said they nest high up in a tree...

[van from Arkansas]

I guess it possible the Asian hornets to live in a tree but I believe ground nesting is preferred.  The nest is composed of stackable combs and takes a considerable size cavity.  A YouTube video exposed a ground nest about 3 feet deep and 2 feet wide with the layered paper or stackable paper nest.  Similar to a yellow jacket, only bigger.

The European hornets which visit my apiary killing my bees build the football size paper nest: like the bald face hornets.

[Donovan J]

I guess it possible the Asian hornets to live in a tree but I believe ground nesting is preferred.  The nest is composed of stackable combs and takes a considerable size cavity.  A YouTube video exposed a ground nest about 3 feet deep and 2 feet wide with the layered paper or stackable paper nest.  Similar to a yellow jacket, only bigger.

The European hornets which visit my apiary killing my bees build the football size paper nest: like the bald face hornets.

We found a bald faced hornet nest in a apple tree about five years ago in my grandparents garden and we captured it and froze it so all the bees die. We have it laying around somewhere.

[Michael Bush]

These have not been found in AR.  They have only been found in OR that I know of...

[van from Arkansas]

What are THESE??  If your talking Asian hornets, agreed.
Enjoy the holidays.
Van

[van from Arkansas]

> Are they ground hornets ?

I'm no expert, but what I was reading on honeybeesuite said they nest high up in a tree...

Quote from honeybeesuite;

Inconspicuous underground cavities. mid paragraph.

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[Donovan J]

> Are they ground hornets ?

I'm no expert, but what I was reading on honeybeesuite said they nest high up in a tree...

Quote from honeybeesuite;

Inconspicuous underground cavities. mid paragraph.

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I can believe the pain that could come from accidentally stepping on a nest

[Mamm7215]

I wonder if a can of tuna with a few drops of Frontline tick and flea solution would work on these hornets.  I know it works amazingly well on yellow jackets.  I had a lot of yellow jackets bothering my hive in late August.  After a treated tin of flake light tuna they disappeared in about 2-3 days.  About a week and a half later I saw the odd small wasp but never any numbers after that.  There's Youtube videos on it and they use cat food but the yellow jackets I had never touched it.  Regular flake tuna they covered in about 2 minutes after I put it out.

[Bob Wilson]

Van. I also saw that video of the honey bees balling and over heating the hornet. By the way, I also swatt troublesome hornets/yellow jacket queens/carpenter bees. I have found that the best swatter is a badmitton racket... we call it "bee badmitton". The racket is light weight, fast, and has a large striking area.
Let the games commence!!!

[Donovan J]

Van. I also saw that video of the honey bees balling and over heating the hornet. By the way, I also swatt troublesome hornets/yellow jacket queens/carpenter bees. I have found that the best swatter is a badmitton racket... we call it "bee badmitton". The racket is light weight, fast, and has a large striking area.
Let the games commence!!!

Wasps:0
Badminton racket: 1

[The15thMember]

By the way, I also swatt troublesome hornets/yellow jacket queens/carpenter bees.

As a native bee enthusiast, I would just like to mention that unless the carpenter bees are actively nesting in your wooden ware, they really aren?t doing any harm around the hives. They are probably just investigating the hive because it smells like a food source, but the honey bees won?t let them enter. Carpenter bees are important pollinators of fruits like berries and tomatoes that benefit from buzz pollination, where the bees vibrate to release the pollen from the plants? stamen, which is something honey bees are incapable of doing.

[BeeMaster2]

By the way, I also swatt troublesome hornets/yellow jacket queens/carpenter bees.

As a native bee enthusiast, I would just like to mention that unless the carpenter bees are actively nesting in your wooden ware, they really aren?t doing any harm around the hives. They are probably just investigating the hive because it smells like a food source, but the honey bees won?t let them enter. Carpenter bees are important pollinators of fruits like berries and tomatoes that benefit from buzz pollination, where the bees vibrate to release the pollen from the plants? stamen, which is something honey bees are incapable of doing.

They are the main pollinator of our Blueberry plants here in north Florida. Even with hundreds of hives, I mostly see carpenter bees on the blue berries.
Jim Altmiller

[Bob Wilson]

True about the carpenter bees. I stand corrected. They are very beneficial. I didn't see any honey bees in my vegetable garden, even though the hive was just 35 feet away, but the carpenter bees were there pollinating. However, although I keep my outside wooden structures painted, sometimes they wear me out.