Changhua County Councilor Huang Yu-feng (黃玉芬) said she removed a 450kg hornet nest from a Nantou County farm on Sunday, adding that it was one of the more than 100 nests she deals with annually.
Daughter of renowned hornet extermination expert Huang Chuang-hao (黃傳灝), Huang Yu-feng works for her family’s business, but was also elected to the county council last year.
She has been nicknamed “Queen Bee” by local farmers, for her skill with vespids and her good looks, sources said.
Photo: Tsai Tsung-hsien, Taipei Times
Huang Yu-feng said that on Sunday, she and her father responded to a call from a farmer whose property is in the mountains of Nantou’s Luku Township (鹿谷).
The farmer had discovered a massive hive in a tree, and said that it had disrupted work on the farm, she said.
Huang Yu-feng said she arrived at the farm in the evening and climbed the five-story-tall tree to remove the hive with a saw, a process that took three hours.
It was a Vespa ducalis hive, she said.
Vespa ducalis are one of the biggest hornet or wasp species in Asia.
Disturbing the hornets’ nest resulted in an attack by more than 10,000 of the insects, and even though she was in full protective gear, she was stung three times, Huang Yu-feng said.
She said that she considered exterminating hornets an alternative way to serve her constituency.
She said that although she is thinking seriously about marriage, her strict upbringing, busy hornet hunting schedule and political involvement have kept her from meeting suitable partners.
Her ideal man is at least 170cm tall, has a college education and a regular job, she said.
More importantly, he has to be someone who is not deterred by hornet or wasp stings, she said.
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