Originally published at: Watch: workers in padded armor destroy "murder hornet" nest | Boing Boing
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I take it a normal bee suit isn’t enough protection? I ask, because I’ve been wearing my bee suit nonstop since I heard the word “hornet” appended to the word “murder” and people started acting like that’s a combination that’s just a thing now.
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I like that there’s a guy who’s job it is to hit the tree with a stick for some reason.
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That tree knows what it did.
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Sooooo…Oregon is now next to Canada? Did Washington state leave the US? At least the linked article got it right and put the hornets in Washington.
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murder hornets are bad…something something…BUT did you see what they built! that is pretty remarkable.
also, how’d they destroy the nest? did they burn it?
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Wait until they start appending the word “explosive” to the word “squirrels.” Then we’re all in deep trouble.
From what I remember reading last year, the giant Asian hornets sting can penetrate normal bee protection garb, so it would seem the thicker armor is warranted.
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Ah beat me to it, but as a Washington born-and-bred human, reading “Oregon” and then both “Canada” and “Whatcom County” was confusing haha.
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The Asian Giant Hornet has a stinger up to a quarter inch (6 mm) long, and can sting multiple times. I can’t imagine what kind of armor you would need.
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The safe word is “buzz off”.
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The video is from the Oregonian, so that’s probably the source of confusion.
The hornets have so far been found in Washington, near the Canadian border.
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More info here, from the Washington State Dept of Ag. News Releases | Washington State Department of Agriculture
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That gives me nightmares during the day. I don’t know why, but bees and wasps and what have you love me. I’ve been stung so many times in my life I can’t count. One time I was driving home from work with the window open and a yellow jacket flew into my car and down the back of my shirt. I didn’t know what it was till it stung me multiple times. I pulled over and ripped my shirt off and watched it fly away. I also had one fly up my shorts and sting my inner thigh when I was riding my mountain bike in the Santa Cruz mountains.
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So, presumably if Cascadia came into existence I’d finally be able to find a parking spot at the Bellingham Trader Joe’s?
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That’s core to the platform. 
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