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 *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm