# I caught a Hornet. Now What? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2002, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748 "2002-11-14T17:17:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/41 "2002-11-21T08:50:18Z")
There’s this bit about the [Bald-faced Hornet at Yahooligans!](http://www.yahooligans.com/content/animals/species/3598.html) > [@](#): > > In late summer, males mature from unfertilized eggs and mate. They die along with the queen, workers, and young; only young mated females live on. They hide during the winter in soil or among litter and will become queens and start their own colonies during the following spring. _La princesa_ Stingra? Just needs some soil and litter. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/42 "2002-11-21T17:42:52Z")
This is very important… DO NOT let the hornet get anywhere near the tiger. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/43 "2002-11-21T18:15:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ThunderBug \* > \*\*Do NOT put it down your pants. \*\* At least, not for the purposes of gambling. ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/44 "2002-11-21T19:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\*At least, not for the purposes of gambling. \*\* I’m so confused. Why would a hornet be gambling in someone’s pants? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/45 "2002-11-21T19:03:55Z")
Craps? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/46 "2002-11-21T19:09:12Z")
'Twas yet another [Simpsons reference](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/9F22.html), I feare. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/47 "2002-11-25T01:28:01Z")
**Winston** , Update on **La Stingra** please. ---
**Author:** ![Y.T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Y.T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Y.T)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/48 "2002-11-25T01:55:00Z")
Train her up as a guard hornet, there by protecting yourself from future hornet nastiness. Hire her out to your firm as a security watch hornet (Backed up by actual donut munchers), nothing makes people noisy like a rampant angry hornet. Use her to herd wild animals such as sheep or middle managment. Hire her out to your neighbours as a baby sitter, kids dont screw with hornets and they **will** be in bed by 8pm or else. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/49 "2002-11-25T04:09:05Z")
If you’re worried about it being too cold for her outside, the least you could do is go outside and find her hive. Then you could bring it inside and all her little friends could be warm too, and you won’t have to worry about her dying! ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/50 "2002-11-25T04:55:49Z")
I can’t believe this hornet/thread is still alive! ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/51 "2002-11-25T15:09:47Z")
As La Stingra goes, so goes this Thread. La Stingra died some time between Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning last week. Upon returning to the Office last Friday, I found her lying on her back, not moving. I tried to kid myself, rationalizing that perhaps she was just sleeping, and gave her habitat a shake. Nothing. Such a shame. It’s just another reminder of the _Fleeting Nature Of Life_. **Munch** Too late for the Butterfly Cage. Too late. :sigh: **JuanitaTech** Your compassion is rivalled only by the timely nature of your offer. Please do fax over the financials. **Harmonix** Perhaps I should have taken you up on your offer after all. \ **Corbomite** _Princess La Stingra_?!? My God! I could be heir to a fortune! **BMalion** Not to worry. The Tiger is in a much larger coffee cup in a completely separate room. **Bryan Ekers** Oh Sage! Oh Wisdom! Oh, … what? Oh. **booklover** Yeah, that threw me, too. \*\* Bryan Ekers\*\* Thanks for clearing that up for **booklover** and me. **WSLer** Sorry for the delay. I was just too distraught on Friday. I’m sure you understand. **Y.T** [Evil Doctor}…and then we could create an Evil Army of Angry Hornets! BWAA-haa-haa-haa! [/Evil Doctor] **blink178** Indeed. Though I fear that would somewhat blur the lines between compassion, science, and insanity. Plus, I couldn’t find the hive. **Tupug Anachi** You an me, both. I guess this is it, though. **Update!** I’ve still got La Stingra Under Glass. If **JuanitaTech** doesn’t come through with some affordable solutions for La Stingra’s hereafter, I’m going to observe her mummifacation or putrification (La Stingra’s. Not **JuanitaTech’s** ). My money is on mummification. ---
**Author:** ![Rug\_Burn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@Rug\_Burn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rug_Burn)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/52 "2002-11-25T16:45:16Z")
Take a picture and put up a memorial post. That’s the least you can do for the beloved La Stingra. May her memory live on. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/53 "2002-11-25T19:08:15Z")
Be sure to remember to cut off her head, stuff her mouth with garlic and stake her heart. You really don’t want a vampire hornet menacing you. If you see a bat with a stinger flapping around, you’ll know it’s too late. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/54 "2002-11-26T04:47:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Update! I’ve still got La Stingra Under Glass. If JuanitaTech doesn’t come through with some affordable solutions for La Stingra’s hereafter, I’m going to observe her mummifacation or putrification (La Stingra’s. Not JuanitaTech’s). My money is on mummification. Perhaps you should observe La Stingra’s religious beliefs. I suggust cremation in a shrine dedicated to the Queen she surely would have died worshiping. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/55 "2002-11-26T10:45:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Harmonix \* > \*\*Perhaps you should observe La Stingra’s religious beliefs. I suggust cremation in a shrine dedicated to the Queen she surely would have died worshiping. \*\* Surely a hive worker would be a communist, so a religious ceremony wouldn’t be appropriate at all ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/56 "2002-11-26T11:01:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Surely a hive worker would be a communist, so a religious ceremony wouldn’t be appropriate at all Bah, Would a communist have a Queen? This is clearly a case of Monarchy who is supposed to be God(dess). ---
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/57 "2002-11-26T11:10:00Z")
I think ‘Queen’ is just the closest english translation for the hornet ruler’s title. Possibly ‘dictator’ or even ‘Supreme Comrade’ might be better 🙂 Maybe you should keep her under glass so that future generations of hornets may visit her preserved corpse and pay their respects to her decication to the hive (I’m thinking you ought to build some sort of lenin’s tomb-like structure for this) Or possibly you could keep a bic lighter perpetually burning in memory of the ‘unknown hornet’ ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/58 "2002-11-27T05:22:01Z")
This critter is quite likely a female that would have hidden through the winter and become a queen of a new hive next spring. As per my previous post drawing from [Bald-faced Hornet](http://www.yahooligans.com/content/animals/species/3598.html) I suggest she needs some soil and/or litter to hide. If the ground up in Boston isn’t frozen already :b ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748/59 "2002-11-27T10:46:04Z")
:eek: does that mean winston commited genocide!? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-caught-a-hornet-now-what/136748.md?page=2)