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22 kindergarten children, teacher stung by hornets

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Twenty-two kindergarten children and a teacher were stung by yellow hornets in a park in Akiruno, Tokyo, on Saturday morning.

According to police and fire department officials, the incident occurred at around 7:30 a.m. Fuji TV reported that the children, aged 5 and 6, had spent Friday night at a nearby camp facility and were on a nature walk when they were stung by the hornets.

The children and the teacher all received light injuries and were taken to hospital.

After the incident,  the fire department destroyed two hornets’ nests near where the children were stung.

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Hope they recover. Good luck. Nature is beautiful, kind and dangerous.

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Why destroy the hornets' nests???!

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They took revenge on the hornets nests, lol how human.

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I got bitten by a centipede yesterday out at Sayama Dam. Tis the season for creepy crawlies, take care!

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I watched a young family get stung by a few bees today while they were out with nets trying to catch those noisy cicada things, kind of ironic.

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All bees and wasps are easy to kill. Just use a cup of dish washing liquid (like Dawn) in a garden hose sprayer. Spray the next/insects and their nest. They die almost immediately. All insects have to role to play in nature, so please only deal with those near people or causing damage to structures. We need bees more than they need us.

A few years ago, I disturbed a yellow jacket ground nest clearing some of my land. Didn't see it until it was much too late. Thought I'd been stung 3 times - counted a few hours later and had over 50 red bumps. Really glad I'm not allergic. Really glad.

Hornets are 2-3x larger - scary. Around here, hornets take down the 17 year cicadas. Haven't heard many this year, so far.

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Please don't mention centipedes on this thread. I hate them and have a daily fight. Local farmers say hornets are the worst, but I hate centipedes

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If they attack people, you need to destroy the nests. Self-defense.

We usually have some (hornet nests) in the back of my parents' garden, but they are OK there, we wouldn't get stung. On year, they settled inside the house (inside the shutter box in the living room...), they were flying very close to us, I got stung (sitting down on a chair without checking...). We had to ask firemen to locate and remove them, not for revenge, but to keep living in our house.

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Wrembreck, how large was it? Are you ok?

(We get lots of them in this house, ranging from baby to giant. A bite from a big one can be quite serious. Even those thin little baby ones pack a real zinger and then wriggle off to make their cheeky escape.)

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Thank you for your concern @nandakandamanda!

I didn't see it so I don't know how big it was, but the pain was excruciating. Within 5 minutes I had a headache and nausea, and it was actually getting difficult to breathe. We drove to the nearest hospital and they ran some tests - centipede bite. They put me on a drip, and now I have to take antibiotics and antihistamines for a few days. Nast, nasty creature. Take care in your house!

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@Wrembreck

Exactly. You don't see anything and the pain is unbelievable. Hate them.

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