The place of bubble wine culture in the hearts of Chinese is the same as the status of vodka in the hearts of Russians. But people of the older generation like to beat two pounds of bulk liquor at home, and then find a variety of "supplements" to make "bubble wine".
This wine is generally divided into two categories, plant-based bubble wine and animal bubble wine, mulberry, olive, ginseng soaked out of the soft taste. Wines made from animals, such as bee pupae, lizards, etc., have a more "unique" taste.
Once, when I went to a friend's house, I saw his father soaking in a jar of "Vespa wine", and I was shocked to see it, thinking: Can this thing be drunk? But I still underestimated Chinese's dedication to sparkling wine, which is a rich "tonic" in the eyes of the older generation! It's just that I can't taste it, and I don't dare to try it.
However, the wasps in the wine altar caught my attention, and I once read a report that the "Asian wasps" crossed the ocean and reached the territory of North America, where they became invasive alien species. Is it the existence that makes americans head big, but it did not expect to become the "condiment" of bubble wine in China.
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The great tiger head bee, nicknamed "killer bee", is known as the golden ring wasp, which belongs to the Hu Feng class. The chunks are several times larger than bees and feed on bees. An adult tiger-headed bee is more than 4 centimeters long, about the size of a human finger. The whole body has yellow and black stripes similar to those of a tiger, a bit like a bumblebee.
This wasp is so powerful that it attacks not only animals, but also humans. According to a report by the relevant departments in the United States, in August, a live "killer bee" was found in the Washington area, which immediately aroused the vigilance of the local authorities.
This bee appeared in North America last year, and the local government was vigilant at that time, specifically introducing this big tiger bee on the official website. However, in 2020, the big tiger head bee did not cause any damage, and then it disappeared, and only 6 were caught throughout the year, and I don't know where the others were hidden.
This time, the reappearance has attracted the attention of everyone, after all, bees are social animals, and the discovery of one indicates that there is more than one nest of large tiger head bees. The big tiger head bee caught in the United States this time was caught when attacking the bee hive.
In order to prevent the flood of the big tiger bee, Washington State has made a relevant plan to completely eliminate the large tiger head bee before the outbreak of the big tiger head bee.
Does it sound like the local government in the United States is a bit of a fuss, isn't there just a few wasps, what's the big deal?
You can't blame the local government in the United States for being too careful in the face of invasive species.
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One or two large tiger-headed bees are harmless, and there are only a few found in the United States, which does not constitute any substantial harm. However, as mentioned above, the big tiger head bee is a social animal, generally in the spring to start nesting, after 5 months, you can build a certain size of nest.
In larger hives, the number of large tiger-headed bee pups plus adults can reach thousands or even tens of thousands. Some people have found a super-large tiger head bee hive in the wild, reaching a diameter of 1.3 meters, and the number of large tiger head bees inside is more than 100,000.
What is this concept? You know, the big tiger head bee is a kind of existence that even beekeepers are afraid of, and there have been cases of the big tiger head bee poking through the protective clothing to attack the beekeeper. In Japan, where we are next to us, the number of people who are bitten to death by this bee is about 40 every year.
This thing is very hateful, attacking humans not to mention, it also eats bees. After finding the bee's nest, the big tiger head bee will kill the door alone, and according to its attack power, it can kill 40 bees in one minute.
Sometimes swarms of bees are attacked, breaking through the bees' defenses within a few hours, cutting off their heads and bringing them back to feed the cubs. The scene is very bloody, so this thing is hated by people and feared by people.
The main thing is that the venom of this thing is quite powerful, ranking in the top five in the world venomous bee ranking, and it has a fight with the venom of snakes. The venom content is 10 times that of bees, and the venom contains a variety of toxins such as bee venom peptides and histamine. According to people who have been bitten, the feeling is like "being hit by a red-hot bullet", similar to the pain of the Ten Great Tortures of the Manchu Qing.
In summary, whether it is a breeding problem or a venom hazard, the big tiger bee must be eliminated, and it is reasonable for the local government of the United States to make a corresponding plan.
So how exactly did they get to the United States?
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The great tiger-headed wasp is a native species of Asia and does not appear in the Americas for no reason. There are only three possibilities for the great tiger-headed bee to appear in the Americas; the first is that it has crossed the ocean on its own and flown from Asia to the Americas alone, and the specific route may be north to Russia, through the Bering Strait into Alaska, and all the way south to Washington.
However, the probability of this happening is basically zero, just a guess.
The second possibility is to "smuggle" to the United States through ocean freighters or interstate aircraft, after all, after economic globalization, local relations have become closer. You can sit at home and eat rice from Africa, taste vegetables from Europe, and drink Coke native to the United States.
With enough money, you can buy most of what you need online. The big tiger bee relied on these cargo ships and planes to smuggle them into the United States. However, this probability is also very small, and there is only one in 100,000 probability of surviving, but this probability still exists.
The third possibility is that someone deliberately brought it to the United States. Divided into intentional and unintentional two, one is an animal lover, want to buy a large tiger head bee to breed, and then "smuggled" to the United States by mail, but unfortunately accidentally put it in the wild, many invasive species in China came to Asia in this way.
The other is deliberately released by people who hate the United States, in order to retaliate against society and destroy the local ecology. It is not excluded that it is the behavior of some psychological darkness and enemy spies.
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Although the big tiger head bee is famous for its fierceness, in fact, it has not made much waves in China, but has become a "collection" for some bubble wine lovers. Some places have even become rare species, and the price is very high. This is really "one thing drops one thing", the big tiger head bee is even a sun monkey, in front of the Chinese wine people, you have to hold back, do not dare to turn over the big waves!