19 dead after Killer hornets attack

[Bob Hubbard]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• At least 19 people have been stung to death by hornets in southern China
• More than 580 people have been stung in China's southern Shaanxi province
• The Asian killer hornet, Vespa mandarinia, is world's largest hornet and may be involved
• Regional hot, dry weather and smell of people may be factors in increased hornet activity

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/27/world/asia/china-asian-hornet-deaths/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

No word yet if the Chinese government is taking US Senator Diane Feinstein's advice and having the hornets submit to background checks before being issued their stingers.

 

[ballen0351]

Forget background checks I demand an all out ban on stingers, pinchers, claws, and venom. Its for the children after all

 

[Takai]

What about the establishment of hornet free zones?

 

[arnisador]

Forget background checks I demand an all out ban on stingers, pinchers, claws, and venom. Its for the children after all

What about the establishment of hornet free zones?

How refreshing that you can turn every tragedy into a pro-gun talking point. It's almost as though some people love guns more than they care about people.

 

[ballen0351]

How refreshing that you can turn every tragedy into a pro-gun talking point. It's almost as though some people love guns more than they care about people.

Yeah I'm sleeping with a gun right now. Kinda like how your side turns every tragedy into a anti-gun battle cry. Kinda like with in 10 min of the navy yard shooting the news said "We have no description of the shooter bit we do know he was armed with a military style assault rifle". Get off your high horse and take a joke for what it is.

 

[Bob Hubbard]

How refreshing that you can turn every tragedy into a pro-gun talking point. It's almost as though some people love guns more than they care about people.

Now now. No one loves their guns like this guy does.


Now, back on the topic of the hornet attacks:

The prime suspect in the killings is the Asian giant hornet — sometimes called the yak-killer hornet (Vespa mandarinia) — which can grow to be more than 2 inches (5 centimeters) in length, and has a quarter-inch-long (6 millimeters) stinger that delivers venom containing a potent neurotoxin.
The Asian giant hornet is the world's largest hornet, and is a voracious predator that dines on mantises, bees and other large insects. It has a deservedly evil reputation for wiping out entire hives containing thousands of honeybees by biting off the bees' heads and then stealing their honey and bee larvae. The hornets are capable of flying up to 62 miles (100 kilometers) in a single day at speeds of 25 mph (40 km/h). [Sting, Bite & Destroy: Nature's 10 Biggest Pests]

http://www.livescience.com/39988-killer-hornets-terrorize-china.html

2" long. That's a big FN hornet.

 

[arnisador]

Kinda like how your side turns every tragedy into a anti-gun battle cry.

But we don't do that with hornet attacks...because they don't involve guns.

 

[Makalakumu]

Now now. No one loves their guns like this guy does.


Now, back on the topic of the hornet attacks:


http://www.livescience.com/39988-killer-hornets-terrorize-china.html

2" long. That's a big FN hornet.

This thing is a monster. Have you seen the youtube video hornets vs. Bees? It's like something out of a scifi horror novel.

 

[Tgace]

I think its caused by global warming....



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[Bob Hubbard]

How about we stick to the killer bee issue for now hmm?

After all, the SE US has it's own concerns with deadly stinging insects.

[h=2]Killer Bee Invasion in US Linked to Warmer Temperatures[/h]

Nearly 100,000 killer bees invaded a home near Houston, Texas, in June of 2013. The bees developed their colony in the home that was vacant for two years.
KHOU-tv reported on June 6 that the killer bees swarmed the neighbors' dog, killing the family pet. The bees were removed and taken away by a trained beekeeper.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/nonnative-bee-invasion-in-us-l/16239881

 

[seasoned]

Nobody I would want to mess with..........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXaquBlUUnI

 

[Bob Hubbard]

um..... I think I just wet myself. That's a big sob.

 

[granfire]

Now now. No one loves their guns like this guy does.

Now, I am logging a complaint with the mods! That link should be accompanied by a stern warning!

 

[Makalakumu]

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um..... I think I just wet myself. That's a big sob.

That is a horror straight out of a comic book. Holy **** I wonder how bad the sting would be? I've been stung by centipedes out here and it feels like having a nail driven through a body part.

 

[ballen0351]

But we don't do that with hornet attacks...because they don't involve guns.

Humor and sarcasm you should try it sometime. I didn't realize we always had to be so serious. If a killer bee story upsets you man you should ride with me at work some night you would never sleep again with the rude crude and shocking things that come out if my mouth.

 

[ballen0351]

Now, I am logging a complaint with the mods! That link should be accompanied by a stern warning!

Hey that's my Christmas card picture last year I wore a clean thong

 

[ballen0351]

We got big huge hornets here I don't know what they are called but they are black and orange but I don't know if they sting people.

 

[ballen0351]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_hornet

Here it is not 2 inches long but 1 to 1.5 inches still big old bug

 

[jks9199]

Now, I am logging a complaint with the mods! That link should be accompanied by a stern warning!

Alright. You are sternly warned not to get one of those son-of-guns mad at you!

 

[pgsmith]

2" long. That's a big FN hornet.

In Texas, we have tarantula hawks (pepsis wasps) that are that big, with a horribly painful sting. However, they are solitary wasps and very rarely bother people (as opposed to hornets), so you don't hear much about them.