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Massive hornet's nest removed from car


Cheryl Santa Maria
Digital Reporter

Monday, August 27, 2018, 4:06 PM - Hornets decided to make a home inside of an El Camino in Alliance, Ohio -- and video of the removal has gone viral on Facebook, racking up more than 260,000 views since Sunday.

Travis Watson was called in to get rid of the hornet's nest and he filmed the extermination and uploaded it to Facebook.

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He warns that people need to exercise "extreme caution" around a hornet's nest because the insects can be aggressive.




Watson told WJW media the European hornets are new to the area.

“Their queens emerge from hibernation in April and look for a well-protected place to build and they start it completely from scratch,” he told the news outlet.

“It takes a long time to get workers in the nest, to where the queen starts to only lay eggs and starting in July, it starts growing quite rapidly.”

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Watson told reporters he blew a powder into the nest prior to removing and disposing of it. He said the hornets weren't saved because they don't pollinate like honey bees.

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