In a house in Baldham, residents have discovered a huge hornet nest in the roof.
The couple is impressed.
A couple has discovered a huge hornet's nest in Baldham.
The nest is in the roof of the house.
The couple reacted differently than one would have expected.
Baldham
- "I've never seen anything like this in my 80 years, even though I'm from the country," says Josef Fischbach.
The
Baldhamer
is full of
awe
:
Hornets have built a nest in the
roof of
his house
and it is now around
65 cm
high.
The Fischbachs noticed the nest at the beginning of August.
"The animals come through a gap in the glass shingles on the roof," explains Irmgard Fischbach.
Since then there has been a lot of
flight
activity on the upper floor
, there is humming and buzzing all day long,
but this does not bother
the
couple
, because the
attic
is not occupied.
Irmgard Fischbach comes up every day to ventilate the
buzzing room
and then watches the
insects
in
amazement
.
“They are very
peaceful
, I can go in and out here without any problems.
Even when I
measured
the
nest
with the ruler, they did nothing to me. "
Huge hornet nest in Baldham: the couple stays calm
“
Hornets
are
peaceful animals
as long as you don't disturb them, like
wasps,
by the way,” confirms Karin Hilpoltsteiner from
Baldham-Dorf
, and her husband, beekeeper Otto Hilpoltsteiner, reports: “Many people call
us in
panic
as soon as they
see
a
wasp - or
discover
hornet's nest
.
But the
animals
are under
nature protection
and are only relocated in exceptional cases, for example when
there
is
danger
because the
nest is
in the nursery.
But even then, the
resettlement may
only be carried out by
experts
and with the
approval of
the Lower
Nature Conservation
Authority
. "
Hilpoltsteiner advises
calmness.
The Fischbachs did everything right: "We have
sub-tenants
who
can live with us
rent-free
," smiles Irmgard Fischbach and her husband says: "They only stay until winter anyway."
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Hornet Nest in Baldham: As soon as winter comes, it will be quieter
Otto Hilpoltsteiner can also confirm this: “As soon as the first
night frosts set
in,
the workers
die
.
For this, several
queens are
born
in October
.
The search then a
dry place
in
ground
for
the winter,
as a pile of wood or the like.
There they are
frozen
in
winter
and in spring they build a
new nest
. "
Incidentally, it consists of
rotten wood
that the
hornets
eat and
mix
with their
saliva
.
This then results in such
filigree architectural marvels
as in Fischbach's under the roof.
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