The problem we see with Asian hornets in Northern Thailand, where they are indigenous, is that after a few years they seem to concentrate their secondary nests around apiaries. It seems like they can remember the locations from year to year,. If you move the bees even a few kilometres from their regular site, you can go from a large-scale problem to a small scale one, whilst they struggle to reorientate their secondary nests.
We are way south from you in the Haute Garrone and having the same issues with the AH this year and last year. We are new to bee keeping, having just two hives. They did great last year and for most of this year until a few weeks ago when one hive absconded completely and the other diminished dramatically in size we think due to the pressure of the AH activity. We have started using the same traps which seem to work really well. Our remaining bees have been treated to some insulation for the winter and fingers crossed will be ok. Thank you for your videos, we are learning a lot from you.
Hi Richard, do you beekeepers use the "electric harp" in France to fight VVelutina ? Here in Portugal, especially when they pressure the colonies is one of the best methods. Of course putting traps to catch the founding queens before they winter and also in the beggining of spring while they create the primary nests is also mandatory. BRegards.
I just saw Jeff pettis talk on national honey show about Asian bees collecting manure to put around their entrances as an effective defence for wasps. Ever tried this approach? Definitely interesting.
Thank you for another great video. In the midlands in the UK wasps are still being a real pain, I’ve never known a year quite like it for wasps. Even at 5c or thereabouts wasps are flying and entering hives. At what temperature do Asian Hornets finally die out for the year?
Hi, As long as they are looking for protein it's for feed their larves, so the nest is not quite over, some new queens will creates new ones next year, trap as much as you can until the first snow.
I love that crushing sound :) what are you using in the traps this time of year? a month ago i was killing 40 wasps/ 1h, im down to 2 or 3 / 1h in central portugal ! now is the time to get those queens preparing for winter! thanks for sharing
Just wondering what part of England are you from , we've been talking about this problem over there in Ireland lucky no Hornets here yet but only a matter of time I think , would it be hard to find the nest and destroy it . Remember seeing on TV a Asian bee keeper , caught a hornet , tided a tread with a small feather to the said hornet so as to follow it back to it's nest , just an idea wonder would it work ??👋🍀🇮🇪👍
Hi Neil , I’m glad those Asian Hornets haven’t got over to my part of the UK but I had a similar problem with wasps this season I’ve never had a problem with them before this year was absolutely outrageous with the buggers I must have killed hundreds myself and had traps up near my apiary which caught many more, they did have an effect on some of my weakest colonies where I had to combine late in the season, I’m like you I hate the nasty buggers and thx for sharing your vlog with us mate.
Strange, down here in Provence there have been no Asian Hornets in my apiary for about 3 weeks, despite the weather/temperatures being better than in Normandy. Will be waiting with interest for your "quicker and better" method!
@@richardnoel3141 I also have had the impression that the numbers of A.H. have been less this year than in previous years. Too much to hope, I suppose, that they are going to die out naturally!.
Thank you for showing Asian hornets I have never seen one at my bees we have European hornets that do the same thing catch bees but they are not as bad.
Try capturing one and tiring a long white string to its back leg then let it go. It will take off but you can see it and follow it back to its nest. Then burn it.
@@richardnoel3141 I think what he's telling you is get three more for next year! Reasons: 1. 10-12 in the apiary at all times this year, next year could be many times more. 2. If you don't need them next year, you will the next - so no wasted investment here. 3. You want to get all the queens that visit you at the beginning of the season. Less queens equals smaller/fewer nests. Good luck sir!
@@julieenslow5915 we keep badminton rackets in each Apiary for when we are there but the traps work when your not there! People don’t understand you cannot be in 14 Apiaries at once!! 🤷🏼♂️
This is a Horror. We dont have them yet in my area, but they were seen in hamburg some time ago. Can the hornets tollerate lots of frost in the winter? May be this saved us till now...? Greetings, Florian
yes generally it shortenes the nests time line and they switch to producing queens . In germany you probably will be like us, not too many here because in most years the nests dont get going until later in the season!
Catch one of those Hornets, gas it with CO2 or chill it with ice, when it's out cold tie a short string to it, release it and it will struggle to fly home for help, follow it to the nest and boom, kill them all. Squishing one or two here and there is the slow way to not really making a difference whatsoever.
Sorry, just one more queen rearing question. I run double mediums here in Texas. Is it alright to place my starter with 10 frames of capped brood over the double boxes for the initial 10 days? Thanks for answering all my questions.
Hi Cindy, yes. Anything that increases your amount of nurse bed hugely is what you are looking for. You can have less but the max you can have is the best scenario. You won’t regret putting in those resources when your using sweet queens the following year!
Hello Richard, did you get a freeze yet ? I think thoses Asian hornets survive a light one. Here in the Est of France the asian hornet pressure increased all of a sudden about 6 weeks ago (there was a cold spell that must have sent all the other prey of the asians to their winter quarters) that cost me a couple of hives that didn't have the correct door on to keep them out.
Yes you can , but it dosent make a lot of difference, bees still need to go out to forage. the problem is the nest in the tree not the hives full of bees!
From the video they look like European hornets. Asian hornets are usually bigger. We have European hornets in Virginia and they are an absolute pain. Is there a way you could capture one of each and take a picture of them side by side for a comparison? Thank you.
you can but when you have 14 apiaries its just not possible, the traps and combined door closing keep things better for the bees. this will all be over very soon! Sometimes you can't tell, other than you knowing which colonies were weak! but if they were very weak its no big loss, just very frustrating!
You shouldn't have asian hornets where you live. How did this happen? O.o Supposedly the asian hornets use a scout system. If you can eliminate the scouts quickly before they bring friends then you can save the beehives from them. (Well by now its probably too late, but you could stop them from getting to other apiaries still hopefully.) Wishing you luck.
Globalisation and ultra-liberalism is what happened. Things are made at the other side of the world so as to cut costs, except there always is a cost, whether it is biological invasions: bringing back Asian hornet queens in imported Chinese pottery (that is how the Asian hornet arrived in France) or climate change and pollution because of the world-wide trip.
@@samdumaquis2033 Yup. I worked in a distribution center in southern Oklahoma, US, many years ago. I was amazed how many funny-looking bugs and things we saw in that warehouse. Even found a bird that was definitely not native, not really sure where it came from. Most of what we got in that distribution center came from Asia and South America, so there's no telling. I heard the Asian tiger mosquito made it here in the late 80's in a shipment of car tires.
Okay at the moment we are still using Malty beer, White wine and blackcurrant cordial. So that’s 10 parts white wine 10 parts beer and one part blackcurrant cordial.There is however a better product out that you can use in small amounts and it’s made by Vito Pharma. You can just look it up easily on Google this means we can use smaller style traps and don’t need such a big amount of attracting in the big size bottles I have. You have to empty them a little bit more but the traps work really effectively I’m gonna be doing something on my RUclips channel when I buy my new traps for this spring
No these are Vespa Velutina, The Crazy name Givento the Vespa Mandriana "the murder Hornet" is media hype. they are usually referred to as the Giant Asian Hornet not the "asian Hornet" but if you stick to Latin names you won't go wrong!
These are not the murder Hornets. These are Vespa Velutina The so-called murder Hornets are nicked named murder hornets but actually Vespa Mandriana Completely different species
Definitely Asian Hornets, yellow band to abdomen and yellow legs. Tend to hover in front of hives to pick off returning foragers. European hornets are larger also.
The problem we see with Asian hornets in Northern Thailand, where they are indigenous, is that after a few years they seem to concentrate their secondary nests around apiaries. It seems like they can remember the locations from year to year,. If you move the bees even a few kilometres from their regular site, you can go from a large-scale problem to a small scale one, whilst they struggle to reorientate their secondary nests.
We are way south from you in the Haute Garrone and having the same issues with the AH this year and last year. We are new to bee keeping, having just two hives. They did great last year and for most of this year until a few weeks ago when one hive absconded completely and the other diminished dramatically in size we think due to the pressure of the AH activity. We have started using the same traps which seem to work really well. Our remaining bees have been treated to some insulation for the winter and fingers crossed will be ok. Thank you for your videos, we are learning a lot from you.
Noel is on the frontlines taking it to the enemy! Give 'em what for Richard!
Hi Richard, do you beekeepers use the "electric harp" in France to fight VVelutina ?
Here in Portugal, especially when they pressure the colonies is one of the best methods. Of course putting traps to catch the founding queens before they winter and also in the beggining of spring while they create the primary nests is also mandatory. BRegards.
I just saw Jeff pettis talk on national honey show about Asian bees collecting manure to put around their entrances as an effective defence for wasps. Ever tried this approach? Definitely interesting.
Thank you for another great video. In the midlands in the UK wasps are still being a real pain, I’ve never known a year quite like it for wasps. Even at 5c or thereabouts wasps are flying and entering hives. At what temperature do Asian Hornets finally die out for the year?
Who needs Whack'a'mole when you can Squish'a'hornet
Hi,
As long as they are looking for protein it's for feed their larves, so the nest is not quite over, some new queens will creates new ones next year, trap as much as you can until the first snow.
I love that crushing sound :) what are you using in the traps this time of year? a month ago i was killing 40 wasps/ 1h, im down to 2 or 3 / 1h in central portugal ! now is the time to get those queens preparing for winter! thanks for sharing
Just wondering what part of England are you from , we've been talking about this problem over there in Ireland lucky no Hornets here yet but only a matter of time I think , would it be hard to find the nest and destroy it . Remember seeing on TV a Asian bee keeper , caught a hornet , tided a tread with a small feather to the said hornet so as to follow it back to it's nest , just an idea wonder would it work ??👋🍀🇮🇪👍
Watching you kill it with your hands was impressive!
honestly its no big deal! their upper thorax crushes very easily. quite satisfying really. The sting is at the other end!
Nice of it to hold still long enough to be squished. 👇
Hi Neil , I’m glad those Asian Hornets haven’t got over to my part of the UK but I had a similar problem with wasps this season I’ve never had a problem with them before this year was absolutely outrageous with the buggers I must have killed hundreds myself and had traps up near my apiary which caught many more, they did have an effect on some of my weakest colonies where I had to combine late in the season, I’m like you I hate the nasty buggers and thx for sharing your vlog with us mate.
Beekeeper's version of 'Whack-a-Mole'.
I'd be out there with a tennis racquet knocking them out of the sky! Great stress reliever.
Get yourself an electric bug bat,
I have one!
Strange, down here in Provence there have been no Asian Hornets in my apiary for about 3 weeks, despite the weather/temperatures being better than in Normandy. Will be waiting with interest for your "quicker and better" method!
Interesting! we've had no problem this year, its all been in the last 4 weeks.
@@richardnoel3141 I also have had the impression that the numbers of A.H. have been less this year than in previous years. Too much to hope, I suppose, that they are going to die out naturally!.
Haven't heard from ya in a while Richie good to hear from you again keep em coming!
I love the way you squashed that hornet. Great skill 🤣😂🤣😂
Thank you for showing Asian hornets I have never seen one at my bees we have European hornets that do the same thing catch bees but they are not as bad.
Try capturing one and tiring a long white string to its back leg then let it go. It will take off but you can see it and follow it back to its nest. Then burn it.
Man, I hope the Asian Hornets don't come to my neighborhood!
Double or triple your traps. Better to waste money in traps than lose hives.
It’s the end now! Getting another 50 trap for next year!
@@richardnoel3141
I think what he's telling you is get three more for next year! Reasons: 1. 10-12 in the apiary at all times this year, next year could be many times more. 2. If you don't need them next year, you will the next - so no wasted investment here. 3. You want to get all the queens that visit you at the beginning of the season. Less queens equals smaller/fewer nests. Good luck sir!
@@julieenslow5915 we keep badminton rackets in each Apiary for when we are there but the traps work when your not there! People don’t understand you cannot be in 14 Apiaries at once!! 🤷🏼♂️
@@richardnoel3141 we are trapping hornet queen in march and april..
This is a Horror. We dont have them yet in my area, but they were seen in hamburg some time ago. Can the hornets tollerate lots of frost in the winter? May be this saved us till now...? Greetings, Florian
yes generally it shortenes the nests time line and they switch to producing queens . In germany you probably will be like us, not too many here because in most years the nests dont get going until later in the season!
Catch one of those Hornets, gas it with CO2 or chill it with ice, when it's out cold tie a short string to it, release it and it will struggle to fly home for help, follow it to the nest and boom, kill them all. Squishing one or two here and there is the slow way to not really making a difference whatsoever.
Sorry, just one more queen rearing question. I run double mediums here in Texas. Is it alright to place my starter with 10 frames of capped brood over the double boxes for the initial 10 days? Thanks for answering all my questions.
Hi Cindy, yes. Anything that increases your amount of nurse bed hugely is what you are looking for. You can have less but the max you can have is the best scenario. You won’t regret putting in those resources when your using sweet queens the following year!
Hello Richard, did you get a freeze yet ? I think thoses Asian hornets survive a light one. Here in the Est of France the asian hornet pressure increased all of a sudden about 6 weeks ago (there was a cold spell that must have sent all the other prey of the asians to their winter quarters) that cost me a couple of hives that didn't have the correct door on to keep them out.
We need to get you a electric tennis racket
Nice push of their little head .
The new arcade game Whack-A-Wasp.
You can use hardware cloth the bees can travel freely but is too small of a hole for the Asian hornet kind of like a queen excluder
Yes you can , but it dosent make a lot of difference, bees still need to go out to forage. the problem is the nest in the tree not the hives full of bees!
From the video they look like European hornets. Asian hornets are usually bigger. We have European hornets in Virginia and they are an absolute pain. Is there a way you could capture one of each and take a picture of them side by side for a comparison? Thank you.
Butterfly nets - catch and squish! How would you know if the Asian hornets did in a hive vs a deadout?
you can but when you have 14 apiaries its just not possible, the traps and combined door closing keep things better for the bees. this will all be over very soon! Sometimes you can't tell, other than you knowing which colonies were weak! but if they were very weak its no big loss, just very frustrating!
You shouldn't have asian hornets where you live.
How did this happen? O.o
Supposedly the asian hornets use a scout system. If you can eliminate the scouts quickly before they bring friends then you can save the beehives from them. (Well by now its probably too late, but you could stop them from getting to other apiaries still hopefully.)
Wishing you luck.
Globalisation and ultra-liberalism is what happened. Things are made at the other side of the world so as to cut costs, except there always is a cost, whether it is biological invasions: bringing back Asian hornet queens in imported Chinese pottery (that is how the Asian hornet arrived in France) or climate change and pollution because of the world-wide trip.
@@samdumaquis2033 Yup. I worked in a distribution center in southern Oklahoma, US, many years ago. I was amazed how many funny-looking bugs and things we saw in that warehouse. Even found a bird that was definitely not native, not really sure where it came from. Most of what we got in that distribution center came from Asia and South America, so there's no telling. I heard the Asian tiger mosquito made it here in the late 80's in a shipment of car tires.
@@Doxymeister interesting
Great show of strength 🤣
Richard can I ask what you use in the bottle trap as far as an attractant?
Okay at the moment we are still using Malty beer, White wine and blackcurrant cordial. So that’s 10 parts white wine 10 parts beer and one part blackcurrant cordial.There is however a better product out that you can use in small amounts and it’s made by Vito Pharma. You can just look it up easily on Google this means we can use smaller style traps and don’t need such a big amount of attracting in the big size bottles I have. You have to empty them a little bit more but the traps work really effectively I’m gonna be doing something on my RUclips channel when I buy my new traps for this spring
@@richardnoel3141 thank you Richard.
Nice job Richard
Much More of those cola traps
What are you using for traps?
Are the hornets the murdering hornets?
No these are Vespa Velutina, The Crazy name Givento the Vespa Mandriana "the murder Hornet" is media hype. they are usually referred to as the Giant Asian Hornet not the "asian Hornet" but if you stick to Latin names you won't go wrong!
@@richardnoel3141 thank you
Braver man then I. There not kniknamed murder hornets for nothing
These are not the murder Hornets. These are Vespa Velutina The so-called murder Hornets are nicked named murder hornets but actually Vespa Mandriana Completely different species
Not European hornets?
No these are Asian Hornets Vespa Velutina.
We also have common hornets Vespa Crabbo. But they don’t take bees like the Asian Hornets do!
@@richardnoel3141 Wow, murder hornets are scary!
@@peterlue9274 these are NOT murder hornets. The so called Murder Hornet is Vespa Mandriana. Thanks lease take time to look it up!!
@@richardnoel3141 Ah okay
I have these hornets stealing bee's from outside the hives, I was told they were European hornets..
Definitely Asian Hornets, yellow band to abdomen and yellow legs. Tend to hover in front of hives to pick off returning foragers. European hornets are larger also.
@@christopherhindle1174 Yes these hover near the hive and catch flying bee's.
The ones in the video are asian
Ai ave progete arpas para velutina asiática
European hornet
This is the Asian Hornet Vespa Velutina!
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