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200 Queens Found in Single 'Murder Hornet' Nest Destroyed by US Authorities
www.sciencealert.com ^ | PETER DOCKRILL 12 NOVEMBER 2020

Posted on 11/12/2020 6:53:23 AM PST by Red Badger

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GOOD HEAVENS!...................
1 posted on 11/12/2020 6:53:23 AM PST by Red Badger
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200 queens, but less than 5% ‘naturally’ survive the winter


2 posted on 11/12/2020 6:56:25 AM PST by 11th_VA (If the votes unfit, you must remit)
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I’m going out on a limb and stating the second picture did not come from the nest referred to in the story...


3 posted on 11/12/2020 6:57:54 AM PST by Mathews (ItÂ’s all gravy, baby!)
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Representatives of the LGBTQ community expressed outrage.


4 posted on 11/12/2020 6:58:43 AM PST by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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They found a hollow log in the forest after tagging a few hornets with tracking devices. Sealed it then gassed it............


5 posted on 11/12/2020 6:59:16 AM PST by Red Badger (Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
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San Francisco?


6 posted on 11/12/2020 6:59:25 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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7 posted on 11/12/2020 6:59:44 AM PST by null and void (This time, there is no next time.)
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“... imminent matriarchs which eventually emerge from the nest, mate, and then leave the area to start a new colony elsewhere after winter has passed.”

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Mother of hornets!

Brace yourselves


8 posted on 11/12/2020 6:59:58 AM PST by z3n
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They come from Japan and other Asian countries where winters are more harsh that in Washington State...................5% may turn into >25% here!...............


9 posted on 11/12/2020 7:01:15 AM PST by Red Badger (Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
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I would bet even money the Chinese or the Norks started this ‘invasion’ with some captured hornets let loose on our shores by personnel or remote control in one of those thousands of cargo containers.................


10 posted on 11/12/2020 7:03:06 AM PST by Red Badger (Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
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11th_VA :" 200 queens, but less than 5% ‘naturally’ survive the winter "

What is the source of your information ?

11 posted on 11/12/2020 7:03:27 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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200 queens, but less than 5% ‘naturally’ survive the winter

The media lies and hypes *every* damn story, including this. Yes, a colony has the potential of hundreds of queens, but only a few survive until Spring. of the few queens that hatch, then kill each other until one survives.


12 posted on 11/12/2020 7:05:55 AM PST by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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Here’s a ‘Conspiracy Theory’ for you:

These hornets were intentionally brought to the US inside cargo containers on ships and let loose off shore surreptitiously so they could invade the US and multiply by the millions.........................


13 posted on 11/12/2020 7:06:13 AM PST by Red Badger (Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
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“...tagging a few hornets with tracking devices....”

They can do that??? Amazing. Excellent way to find, fix, destroy them.


14 posted on 11/12/2020 7:10:16 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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Is PETA planning a candlelight vigil?


15 posted on 11/12/2020 7:10:48 AM PST by ken in texas
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The search begins for a natural predator.
There have to be a few animals who would like to hunt down and eat these hornets. Animals impervious to the stings and vemon. Honey Badgers? Beavers? Capybaras? (aka Giant Rats).


16 posted on 11/12/2020 7:11:17 AM PST by lee martell
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OMG... The Zanti Misfits return!!!!!

Scared the crap out of me when I was a little kid, watching that episode of The Outer Limits...


17 posted on 11/12/2020 7:12:08 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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We are sooooo screwed!


18 posted on 11/12/2020 7:13:22 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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Look at the second photo, someone picking the frozen hornets up by using chopsticks. What is missing in this photo?
Gloves!! Of all times not to be wearing any sort of cheap glove. Haven’t they heard about that Kick-A*s vemon that the hornets make?


19 posted on 11/12/2020 7:14:08 AM PST by lee martell
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AFAIK, they have no natural predator enemies...................


20 posted on 11/12/2020 7:14:58 AM PST by Red Badger (Democrats cheat. ... It's what they do. ... GUARANTEED! ... Even if it's not necessary!....)
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