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no experience but what I've read of the oriental hornet is that to get the nest it's a full suit job and bag it up otherwise they go for your throat. In my case it wasn't possible to find the nest...

Hi Robert,

Like the locals I'm using Langstroth and I always keep the entrance reduced to about 4 inches. The hornets I've had problems with are Oriental hornets. I've never seen the bees despatch...

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Temperatures down to the low 20's now (centigrade :)) and we've had rain and the hornets have gone............... And. I've still got the girls.

I've had a queen excluder below the brood...

They're orientalis and they can be a big problem here. The guy I bought the bees off lost 17 hives to them one year. They seem to be strictly insect eaters. I've had traps out till they stink and...

Tomorrow I'm making an entrance reducer out of a queen excluder to stop the buggers getting under the brood box. We're only small time bee keeps with one hive and may have moved on to two at some...

I'm running out of ideas now (and bees). I've read all I can about oriental hornets and they seem just about unstoppable. I've got traps baited with chicken and fish and I've tried sweet traps with...

Thanks for your help everyone.

I had a trap under the hive for a day to see if I could get the hornets that have already found the bees. I've now got traps no closer than around 30 meters and...

Thanks for your ideas guys.
They're oriental hornets. I'll try to get pics today of the little b&s*£ds.
There's and interesting article here...

We've been out for the day and just checked the hive. No guards again and when the entrance reducer was moved 4 hornets came out of the hive. I chased them off with the net when one of the girls came...

I went to check the hive today and found no guards at the entrance. I knocked on the hive and got a bit of a buz but still no guards even when I rattled the entrance reducer. A hornet then flew...