Tag: hornets
Animals: More Asian hornets: What does this mean for nature?
Animals More Asian hornets: What does this mean for nature? The Asian hornet eats other insects. photo © Axel Heimken/dpa Hum, hum, hum: That sounds like spring and bees on…
Freising entomologist Julia Schmack: Hornets in danger – Bavaria
Hornets don’t exactly have the best reputation. Wrongfully so, because the large, striped insects are usually relaxed; it is not for nothing that they are called “gentle giants”. Unless you…
Chiggers, hornets, black flies… With climate change, get used to them
Insects, mites… They are affected by climate change, which forces migration and upsets their presence during the seasons. Soil artificialization, which deprives the habitat of many insects, forces interactions with…
Bavaria: Significantly more hornets are buzzing around – Bavaria
Hornets have always been considered particularly dangerous. According to an old rule of thumb, three hornet bites can kill a person and seven can kill a horse. The truth is,…
Conservation: A particularly large number of hornets were sighted during the “insect summer”.
natural reserve A particularly large number of hornets were sighted during the “insect summer”. A hornet (Vespa crabro) on a stone in a garden. photo © Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa They sometimes…
Animals: Reporting platform for Asian hornets is launched
invasive species Reporting platform for Asian hornets is launched A biologist holds an Asian hornet in his hand © Axel Heimken/dpa/symbol image The Asian hornet continues to spread. In order…
This engineer chips Asian hornets with nano-tracers to locate nests
This summer two cyclists were hospitalized in absolute emergency after being bitten by around fifty Asian hornets, in the Loire. A rather rare phenomenon. Because the real victim of Vespa…
NBA: 23 Wagner points are not enough: Magic are subject to Hornets
NBA 23 Wagner points are not enough: Magic are subject to Hornets Couldn’t prevent Orlando’s defeat against the Charlotte Hornets: Franz Wagner (l). photo © Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP/dpa 23 points…
Nuclear power plant debate in Germany: Greta Thunberg stabs the hornet’s nest – politics
The climate activist caused a stir with a statement on the continued operation of German nuclear power plants, which was previously known from the ARD program “Maischberger”. In doing so,…
cyclists between life and death after being attacked by hornets
This Sunday, a cyclist outing turned tragic. In a wood of Briennon in the Loire, three mountain bikers were attacked by hornets. The insects stalked their target. So much so…