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    Holy Shit 'There must be a nest': B.C. expert says invasive giant hornets have a home on Vancouver Island

    News staff, CTV Vancouver Island




    The B.C. government's resident bee expert says three Asian giant hornets found in Nanaimo this summer likely aren’t the only ones on Vancouver Island.

    The dangerous invasive species was discovered on the island in August but only revealed by the Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday.

    The revelation has local beekeepers worried as the world's largest hornets are known to feed on honeybees and can destroy entire colonies in a short time.

    "The Asian giant hornets are the apex hunters of the insect world," provincial apiarist Paul Van Westendorp told CTV News.

    "The fact that there are three proves there must be a nest."

    The Asian hornets are thought to have likely travelled to the island in a shipping container. The four-centimetre-long hornets may pose a public health risk, said Van Westendorp.

    "The amount of venom a person will get may well threaten their health, may well threaten their well-being," he said.

    In 2013, 41 people in China were killed and 1,600 were injured when the predatory pests plagued the province of Shaanxi.

    The hornets are native to East Asia, and the climate on Vancouver Island probably feels like home, Van Westendorp said.

    "It can probably adapt to our environment very readily without any problems."

    The apiarist said that hornets are currently entering their dormancy period, meaning they likely won't pose any threat until spring.

    However, anyone who thinks they've spotted one of the invasive thumb-sized hornets is asked to report it immediately.

    "Take a good photograph, in focus please, and just email it to us," Van Westendorp said. "Ninety-nine per cent of photographs can be identified right away."

    Officials ask that people contact the Invasive Species Council of B.C. at 1-888-933-3722 or file a report through the government's "Report Invasives" mobile phone app found here.

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    I saw something on the news about this. These things are so badass they're threatening the bee populations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hal-9000 View Post
    I saw something on the news about this. These things are so badass they're threatening the bee populations.
    I wonder how long before they'll be in Alberta?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    I wonder how long before they'll be in Alberta?
    We've set up the Western Wall in hopes of keeping the Hipster Millennials from coming here. It should work for wasps as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    Fuck the fucking fuck and fuck off with that shit Lance.

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    Getting stung by one of those must be like getting shot.

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    The person would drop on the spot because of the 30 kilograms of injected venom ffs

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hal-9000 View Post
    I saw something on the news about this. These things are so badass they're threatening the bee populations.
    Ya really wild. I read the Asian bees adapted to them. Their stings dont work so they surround these giant wasps and vibrate them to death with their heat. Really neat.

    Our bees in BC haven't adapted. Hopefully this species can be destroyed here before they spread... Not just for the bees either. 10 stings could apparently kill a man. That's scary shit. I got swarmed as a teenager playing paintball once (I lay on a nest without realizing it). Was wearing coveralls but my scalp and hands must've been stung a dozen times. I wanted to be dead for about an hour, then the itching started :lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Godfather View Post
    Ya really wild. I read the Asian bees adapted to them. Their stings dont work so they surround these giant wasps and vibrate them to death with their heat. Really neat.

    Our bees in BC haven't adapted. Hopefully this species can be destroyed here before they spread... Not just for the bees either. 10 stings could apparently kill a man. That's scary shit. I got swarmed as a teenager playing paintball once (I lay on a nest without realizing it). Was wearing coveralls but my scalp and hands must've been stung a dozen times. I wanted to be dead for about an hour, then the itching started :lol
    I've never been stung by a bee, wasp, hornet *knocks on wood*

    Vibrates them to death with heat?? Keep that shit away from the government

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hal-9000 View Post
    I've never been stung by a bee, wasp, hornet *knocks on wood*

    Vibrates them to death with heat?? Keep that shit away from the government
    Really? Never?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    Really? Never?
    My cousin and I used to catch wasps by hand (cup your hands together and into a jar) and nothing has ever stung me. I could be deathly allergic

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hal-9000 View Post
    My cousin and I used to catch wasps by hand (cup your hands together and into a jar) and nothing has ever stung me. I could be deathly allergic
    First time I was ever stung I was about 9 or 10, fucker got me on the face when I was outside playing with friends. Then I went probably 15 years before getting stung again. My mom asked me to help her change out some curtains and I had my hands up trying to disconnect the curtain rod from the wall when I felt a sharp pain on my hand. I thought it was from a nail or something sticking out so I try again and the same thing happened. I looked behind the curtains and up in the top corner of the window were 3 fucking yelowjackets. Fuckers got me twice before I got out the Raid. I took pleasure in watching them slowly die. And that's the last time I've been stung.

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    damn


    Okay full disclosure I shriek like a girl at a Bieber concert when one gets near me.

    In fact picture this : Three guys (adults) sitting in a car at a huge public park during the day. They may be casually smoking a joint in the car. Suddenly, three cars doors fire open and those same three people eject from the car within .02 seconds, while screaming loudly and waving their hands in the air likes there's a fire.

    All of us had a lil phobia about getting stung and a bee may have flown in

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