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Old 07-04-2006, 09:27 AM
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Re: Does it Bite (or sting or be horrid to me anyway?

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Originally Posted by nightshade
HORNET stings repeatedly and it is very unpleasant (the sting that is)
HORNETS do not land to sting but get you in divebombing raids which is why disturbing a hornets nest is a VERY BAD IDEA as you then get hundreds of them coming at you from all quarters. Saying that, if left undisturbed hornets are very approachable, the bee group here tell a story about one of the old guys finding a small nest & putting it in a string bag which they hung on the balcony of the bee house and they were able to watch the hornets to and fro over their heads during tea & lunchbreaks all summer as the colony grew.
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