[PDF] A Bionomic Sketch of the Giant Hornet, Vespa mandarinia, a Serious Pest for Japanese Apiculture | Semantic Scholar (2024)

This 5-page fact sheet written by Caitlin Gill, Cameron Jack, and Andrea Lucky and published by the UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department describes the hornet, its biology, its predatory strategies, and its medical significance.

Results suggest that V. mandarinia in Washington preys on an assortment of insects similar to those documented in its native range, and that this new invader has readily incorporated novel species into its foraging and diet.

Assessment of climatic suitability for AGH in North America suggests that, without control, this species could establish populations across the Pacific Northwest and much of eastern North America, highlighting the economic and environmental necessity of controlling this nascent invasion.

The predation and ultimate destruction of a small A. mellifera colony by V. tropica (L.) on the Kamphaeng Saen campus of Kasetsart University, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand, during a four day period in December 1981 is observed.

Many of the western counties of both Washington and Oregon were estimated to be at the highest risk of establishment mainly due to their suitable climate for queens to overwinter, dense forest biomass for nest colonization, and proximity to major port and freight hubs in the region.

Together, the four nests indicate an incipient population of V. mandarinia in the Cascadia region, and ongoing action by local, state, provincial, and federal governments, and residents of both countries is required to avoid the establishment of this exotic species in the region.

The hypothesis that swarms abscond to elude hornets in years when hornets are abundant is supported, as many Apis cerana swarms appeared in a mango orchard along the Pai River in 2009.

The phylogenetic relationships, segments from the enzymatic digestion, open reading frames, and number of shared gene cluster families were investigated to detect the genetic similarities between five Vespa hornets.

Most wasp stings affecting humans are inflicted by the social Vespidae, and this review is restricted to this family, with special emphasis on the Vespinae (hornets and yellowjackets).

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The mixed colony problem will be considered first, and since direct evidence of interspecific competition in the field is from the nature of the problem difficult to obtain, the author's own observations will be augmented by those of experienced beekeepers.

The present paper contains some information on the Vespinae occurring in India, China, and Japan, and some notes on various continental species and subspecies, hoping that they will contribute to the further study of this interesting group.

A monograph of the genus Vespa, a group of wasps which is at present regarded as representing a subfamily consisting of four or five different genera, and the fauna of the collections used for the preparation.

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