Nowadays, with the influence of human activities, the footprints of human beings on the earth are becoming wider and wider, and the phenomenon of invasion of alien species is also increasing, which also makes many creatures "forced" by humans from their habitats to a completely unfamiliar ecological environment, of course, in general, alien species have changed an environment, generally ushered in new vitality, and even some have become a flooded situation because there is no natural enemy.
For humans, many of these alien species are also very scary, such as the African giant snail that carries many germs, and the Asian bumblebee that kills an average of 62 people per year after invading the United States.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Washington, U.S.A. was invaded by Asian bumblebees</h1>
Since August 11 this year, in the US state of Washington, a large bee has suddenly appeared, which is much larger than normal bees, with a body length of more than 5 centimeters and extremely aggressive to humans.
According to reports, this kind of large bee, is from the Asian bumblebee, for the United States native bees, is not their opponent at all, these Asian bumblebees will not only attack the American native bees, but also will feed on them, I have to say, these Asian bumblebees, really too terrible.
Speaking of which, Asian bumblebees are also known as "Chinese bumblebees" in Europe, because they are now rampant in Western countries, mainly from China.
Compared with ordinary bees, Asian bumblebees are about 4 times the size of ordinary bees, once successfully invaded into an unfamiliar ecosystem, in order to survive, the first thing they will do is to attack local bees, which also leads to the emergence of Asian bumblebees, the number of native bees has declined on a large scale.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="23" > how toxic are Asian hornets? </h1>
As we said above, in the United States, since the invasion of the Asian bumblebee, an average of about 62 people die from it every year, and the reason is that the Asian bumblebee is too toxic.
Therefore, the Asian bumblebee is also known as the "killer bee", when they attack humans, the toxin released is even more terrible than the snake venom of the cobra, if within 1-2 hours after being stung, there is no effective treatment, basically it is "lack of magic".
This is because after being stung by the Asian hornet, in more than 10 minutes, there will be a series of reactions, and will gradually show a state of fainting, because the toxin will enter the nervous system, but also cause organ failure, naturally, it is not too much to say that they are "killer bees".
In addition to "killing" in the United States, Asian bumblebees are also infested in many places in Europe, for example, in France, there are often incidents of death after being stung by Asian bumblebees, and in 2014, when Asian bumblebees invaded the United Kingdom, there were also stings.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="24" How did the Asian bumblebee invade >? </h1>
So, how did the Asian bumblebee invade the West? Generally speaking, there are two main ways to invade: one is deliberately brought away by man, and the other is accidentally brought without knowing it.
First look at the first one, in general, this is mainly some foreign insect enthusiasts, because they are interested in this Asian bumblebee, they will privately buy some live Asian bumblebees, and then enter through some illegal means, and finally for some reasons, these Asian bumblebees are released into the wild, thus constantly breeding, more and more in number.
The second type is generally related to the transportation of goods, because the Asian bumblebee may be unknowingly transported goods, causing them to take a "hitchhiker" all the way away from home and come to a strange place.
In the case of the Asian bumblebees that invaded Europe, the study believes that they were brought to Europe in 2004 through goods without knowing it, and eventually became more and more abundant in Europe.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" what if > are stung by an Asian bumblebee? </h1>
As we said above, the toxicity of the Asian bumblebee is very large, so once it is stung by it, the first thing to do is to check the wound, find a way to pull out the poison needle, and then immediately wash the affected area with soapy water, at the same time apply ice, and immediately go to the hospital for examination, so as not to delay treatment.
Generally speaking, Asian bumblebees like to build nests in the mountain forest, so if you go to the wild and see the hive, don't be curious to play with it, because it is likely to be attacked by flocks of Asian bumblebees, if it is really attacked by a group of bumblebees, then the consequences are absolutely unimaginable.
Nowadays, in many places, Asian bumblebees are "everyone shouts" pests, because their appearance will lead to a cliff-like decline in the number of ordinary bees, and will also destroy the ecological environment, but the existence of any organism also has its reason, can not blindly eliminate bumblebees, so the future of bumblebee governance, is also a more headache problem.