(O, you corrupt minds!)
Swarms of giant hornets are attacking France. Ecologists are blaming global warming for their proliferation.
According to an article in today’s Telegraph, the Asian hornets arrived in a piece of pottery in 2004, and have spread like lightning throughout southern France, especially in the Aquitaine region. While posing no significant risk to humans, they are singlehandedly wiping out all the lovely French bees, and impacting the honey production in France.
And guess where their antennae are pointing? North to Paris! According to the Telegraph,
The hornets can grow to up to 1.8in and, with a wingspan of 3in, are renowned for inflicting a bite which has been compared to a hot nail entering the body.
So beware on your next picnique in the countryside. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……….
