Everybody keeps saying that 2020 is like a weird jaunt into a dystopian YA Novel for them and they’re not kidding. There’s a pandemic going on, karens running wild in the streets, Kanye West running for President, not to mention the state of the government itself, but now we have something that is straight out of the Hunger Games itself, and that’s Murder Hornets.
Like their fictional cousins Tracker Jackers, enough stings of this guy and his venom-spitting cousins and one will die, they’re responsible for at least 6 deaths in Asia every year. Scientists have been tracking them by tying dental floss with trackers to them (man I would hate to have that job) and now it seems, they have found the nest.
First murder hornet nest found in the US!
It’s in Blaine, Washington which is just north of Seattle, and today is the blessed day when they go destroy the nest. It would have been done yesterday, but bad weather got in the way. Murder Hornets cannot be allowed to exist in the US because of the delicate balance of the ecosystem.
These guys eat honeybees and will quickly wipe them out. Why care about honeybees? Because they pollinate crops, a lot of which are used for food for human consumption. Murder Hornets, to our knowledge, are not pollinators, they are just little demons with wings that decided to join in the hellfest that is 2020 because hey, why not?
These brave scientists have my utmost respect because without them, the state of Washington would quickly become a barren wasteland with no plant-life to speak of. Again, one should care about this because over 79% of the state of Washington grows hops.
Hops is that ingredient that is used most often to make beer. There are also grapes, apples, and red raspberry crops too. So while we’re celebrating the, pardon the pun, murder of these destructive beasts, let’s have a drink to the brave scientists who have been dispatched to take care of the problem, wish them well and hope no one comes away with stings.
Afterwards, let’s hope that they can indulge in a lovely beverage as well, and they can live to tell the tale of how they killed all of the murder hornets in the US. A toast to the Washington State Department of Agriculture!
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