Honey Bee Populations Are Dwindling

Insects are a diverse population of creatures that have adapted and survived for millions of years. Most insects see in a different spectrum range. Using their eyes and their antennae, insects transform received data into stored chemical electrical energy that can be reactivated and used in a similar fashion to that of our long term memory. Some believe that insects have a sense of smell, but they don't have a system devised like our chemoreceptors in our noses nor do they have an olfactory lobe.

The insects have the ability to see their pheromones that they leave behind as a trace or tracking device for their fellow insects to follow. Unlike our modern day navigational systems, insects can see there pheromone vapors in the air and their antennae determine its viscosity and quantity. The amount of pheromone released and at the rate it was released will dictate the viscosity.

The thickness of the viscosity is an indicator of the insects well being or state of being. And thus provide the trace element for their relatives to react, to follow or to take action. To much pheromone released can mean that the insects natural functions have been disrupted and the activities of providing for the Queen and the colony is being blocked. Thus this can mean an act of war for some insects such as army ants, red fire ants, or even your typical carpenter ant.

According to Telegraph.co.uk "Asian Hornets hit France and can hit the United Kingdom." According to Peter Allen in Paris of the Telegraph.co.uk, he writes that " the entomologists say there are so many of them that its just a matter of time." The greatest hunters of the sky in the insect kingdom are the wasps. The larger of the wasps are called the "Asian Hornets" or Vespa Mandarinia These hornets are called hornets because they wear a camouflage to mimic the black and yellow stripes of a common hornet or bee. However, it proves to be a more useful tool to confuse and intimidate smaller birds of prey and other honey bees.

The outer shell of these wasps can withstand the bee colonies attempt to kill it by covering it and then creating so much heat that normal attackers would just be cooked or roasted. One "Asian Hornet" can kill 10,000 angry, stinging, honey bees so be warned and stay away! Thirty or a handful of "Asian Hornets" can decimate and completely wipe out an entire colony of 30,000 angry, stinging, hornets, or bees.

These "Hornets" are not hornets they are poisonous stinging wasps that have enough venom to easily kill a human being. In addition to their poisonous, half inch, stingers these insects have sharp chopping, cutting mandibles that like a pair of garden shears can just literally trim the hedges. These may be our alliance that could be used to defeat and control the "African killer bee" colony that proves to also kill human beings if slightly provoked.

These bees have been migrating into the USA since the early 1980's and are now prevalent in Mexico, Texas and any warmer regions of the United States. I trust that a strong Hurricane doesn't blow in from the south south west coast of New Orleans or Texas forcing to flee toward out areas. These bees are know to take long flight journeys and I'm hoping that they do not learn migration habits from the birds. These "Asian Hornets" are 2 inches big X 1/4 inch to 1 inch thick in diameter. These hornets are found in Malaysia, Madagascar and in the United States of America.

Other insects that otherwise crawl are less dangerous to the ecosystem, and people because they are conducive to a purpose and a plan. And that is to exist for the sake of their colonies and Queen ants