You mention Japanese hornets ....  are you based in Japan?  If not, how 
do you know these are Japanese hornets since the most common hornet 
raiders outside of Japan are Vespa velutina which has China as a common 
point of origin.

The control of Vesta velutina is something that is not being treated too 
seriously, unless you are in France where the impact of the hornet is 
really seen.   In other areas the hornet seems to vary its feeding 
pattern according the the life of the queen with it being most 
destructive prior to the queen leaving the nest and hibernating.  If you 
are in a country where bees have to face a winter then hornet attack is 
indeed a problem since the peak attacks are just before the bees go into 
the winter which means over wintering weak colonies.  Here (Thailand) 
the peak attack is just before the main honey flow but it is long enough 
before in order to be able to build the colony strength quickly back up.



On 08/10/2012 08:12 AM, Ed Paisley wrote:
> How do you stop this. Does anyone have a soulation for this.
> Please advice.
>
>
You mention Japanese hornets ....  are you based in Japan?  If not, how 
do you know these are Japanese hornets since the most common hornet 
raiders outside of Japan are Vespa

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