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Thread: Not bees but Asian Hornets

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    Not bees but Asian Hornets

    None here yet but the news says they're in the US. May have to step up to a heavier "bee" load for these babies. Wonder if a food chopper will chop rice into smaller chunks for slightly longer range? Then, will have to go to the .45 Colt for a magnum payload. I've shot bee loads in the .45 Colt so that shouldn't be a problem.
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    Maybe a crank style coffee grinder set to what you wanted would give you what you need.

    Buy a 2 1/2" judge and load them with rice as is.

    Could 45-70 or 444 marlin cases be modified to work? Rims turned and cut to cylinder length. Sized so the neck fits in the chamber throat.

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    Really show your skills Beagle use a light wax bullet and shoot them out of the air.

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    I've been known to break out the .50 ML for longer range work.....
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    If they come to Mi. I`ll use my 10 inch contender with # 9 shot those bees look nasty.

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    As big as they are I would lean towards .22 short, with the second round in the magazine .22lr...

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    I honestly don't think they are going to be a problem here in the US, doubt they take hold. Hopefully the entomologists can eradicate them if there are more.

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    These hornets should not be played with. If you run across one make sure you kill it, not play games. They will wipe out honey bees if left to multiply. China is the gift that keeps on giving. Customs keeps getting lax because of pressure to keep goods moving.

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    Yeah, them things look nasty.

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    You guys are going to give those Hornets a filed day. They communicate with signals through the airways and when one is in trouble or finds a honeybee hive, the signal goes out and thousand will answer the call. I saw a National Geographic 2 hour special on them in Japan a few years ago and they are deadly to humans, animals and other species that produce honey. They will even attack machinery when it gets too close to their hive. The documentary showed a picture of a backhoe that was so covered with those Hornets that you could hardly see the paint on it. james

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    If they make it to Alabama I am in trouble. Only 2 yellow jacket stings put me in anaphylatic shock last summer. I lost consiousness but managed to call 911 before I did. I woke up with the paramedics telling the ambulance driver to hurry because my B/P was 50/30! I carry an epi pen n ow every where I go. I sure hope they get them out of the north west before they discover the sunny south!
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    I am in Central WA, I really hope they get them all but I really doubt that they can.

    There is some modern technology that is likely to help some. One item is miniature satelite tracking as these hornets are so large they can fly back to their nest with one attached to them. They are putting out live traps out for them and training bee keepers to also do their part.

    Special heavy duty bee suits are on order from the Orient for our Department of Ag folks to use when they go in to exterminate them.

    Drones with thermal imaging will likely come into play to some extent as they generate enough temperature in the ground or in a tree trunk (at the entrance, 86 degrees) that in cooler weather the nest can be pin pointed.

    All that said, the enormity of the situation makes this fight pretty grim in my opinion. The forests of the PAC NW are pretty large and thick.

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    12 gauge shotgun shells full of corn meal, grits, or rice are my go-to for stinging swarming insects. You can get quite a payload in those things if you cut down the wad to just a gas seal, and then reduce the powder charge by about half.
    I know it's not a pistol cartridge, but if you were to shoot them out of a PGO "firearm" like a shockwave, tac-14, or m500 cruiser, I suppose you could call it a sort of pistol. Cleans out the barrel awfully well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TNsailorman View Post
    They communicate with signals through the airways and when one is in trouble the signal goes out and thousand will answer the call.

    Ya don't hear much about them anymore, but killer bees would do that.
    When one tore its stinger off, or you smashed one, the phermone smell would go out and the rest of them would
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    I just got off the internet watching a praying mantis eat a Japanese Hornet(murder hornet). That Hornet never had a chance. The real eye opener was that the hornet wast still trying to sting the mantis after 3/4 of his head had been eaten by the mantis. BTW, the Japanese Hornet can get up to 3" long. That is a big hornet. Tough dudes. james

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    Not so:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius_speciosus


    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet


    Different as day and night

    There is also confusion about the Asian Hornet that has invaded Spain, France and possibly the UK. That is a different hornet than the Giant Asian Hornet that has just surfaced here in Washington State.

    The one that has invaded Europe builds nests on tree limbs and buildings. The species that WA now has some nests from is a ground or hollow tree nest builder and as bad as the version now found in Europe, the one in WA is much worse.

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    Yes, those that were shown on this site are much smaller and choir boys compared to the /Japanese Asian Hornet.

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    those hornets have been around for years, saw them in north carolina back in 2007, they would be attracted to the lights at night, nasty ********. they were a over 2 inches long. had some in a hollowed out tree at end of my driveway here in PA about 2 years ago, got attacked while walking out to mailbox, got stung on top of my head, saw the dead tree it flew back to, went inside got 12 gauge and buckshot, put muzzle to hole and pulled trigger, blew the back of the tree out, there were 100s crawling on ground dazed, 2 days nest was empty and lots of dead ones on ground, obviously they took the hint to GTFO

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    Quote Originally Posted by pacomdiver View Post
    those hornets have been around for years, saw them in north carolina back in 2007, they would be attracted to the lights at night, nasty ********. they were a over 2 inches long. had some in a hollowed out tree at end of my driveway here in PA about 2 years ago, got attacked while walking out to mailbox, got stung on top of my head, saw the dead tree it flew back to, went inside got 12 gauge and buckshot, put muzzle to hole and pulled trigger, blew the back of the tree out, there were 100s crawling on ground dazed, 2 days nest was empty and lots of dead ones on ground, obviously they took the hint to GTFO
    You are likely referring to the European Hornet not the Giant Asian Hornet.

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