On Tue, 18 May 2004, Tim Challenger wrote:

They may be in the EU protected species lists, I don't know if they all
apply to the UK though. They certainly are protected in Germany, Austria
and I'm pretty sure Switzerland. In Germany there is a fine of up to ten
thousand Euros.

I've never heard of this. Can you give me a reference for this?

There's a quote he
http://www.vespa-crabro.de/downloads/hornissen.pdf
I paraphrase, but you'll have to look up the exact text in the German
Statute books. A copy can be found he
http://www.bna-ev.de/bna_inhalt/gese...tzgesetz_d.htm

Thanks for those references, Tim. Very interesting!

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On Fri, 14 May 2004 13:20:08 +0100, Stephen Howard wrote:

They look pretty fierce, but they have an undeserved reputation -
and they appear to be quite docile as long as you leave them alone.

My limited experience with hornets is the same, leave them alone,
they'll leave you alone. The limit of my experience is filming three,
loose, in a small (8' x 6') conservatory, wonderful low droneing buzz.

The hornet wrangler said the one thing *not* to do to a hornet is
breath on it or into their nest. That will "upset" them...

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