For this assignment, we were the Mr. Clean. The plan: look around, talk to the locals, try to winkle out some actionable intelligence, and then start kicking the hornets' nest.
And I just couldn't take it anymore and I grabbed the mic and I said; 'no we should, we are directors, we are creators, we should be the hornets that sting, we go out there.'
Also known as Asian giant hornets, these insects are native to Japan and China, they're invasive in the United States, and several of their nests have been located in Washington State since last year.
I have lined many a loaded bee into his hole, and know something of the nature of the woods, but this is robbing a hornet of his sting without touching the insect!
There are all kinds of bees buzzing out there in the world — bumblebees, honeybees, carpenter bees, yellowjackets, wasps, and hornets, just to name a few that you may have heard of.
The leprechauns, who had risen angrily into the air like a swarm of glittering hornets when Mullet had been fouled, now darted together to form the words" HA, HA, HA! "
Scientists in Europe have found a way to remotely detect the presence of invasive Asian hornets hovering outside beehives, where they pose a threat to native species.
Another fresh hornet queen, found 15 miles southwest of the next nearest find, suggested either a repeated influx from overseas or a vigorous dispersal by the hornets.