David in Normandy wrote:
Over the last three days I've found three hornets, once in the bathroom,
then in the living room then one upstairs. Besides the mystery of how
they got into the house I'm puzzled by why all three hornet just walked
very slowly along the floor and seemed almost in a daze. I flattened
each under foot without them even attempting to fly away. Anyone else
had any dozy hornets? Why are they behaving like that? The ones I've
encountered occasionally outside seem anything but docile.

Hornets are a protected species, I think.

You had young queens, looking for somewhere to hibernate.

If I find them, I let them climb onto my hand and then I take them into
one of my sheds, where they will find some nice place to hibernate.

Note - hornets are a lot less aggressive than wopses, and IMO should be
encouraged.

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Rusty