I have had nest of giant hornets (not sure if it was that exact specie or not) in a apple tree bout 200 or feet from the house. A couple would buzz the house once in a while and these mofos were big.
They never bothered us at all. Sort of like heavy horses, I found them to be a non-threat, of course we didn't go ballastic when we saw them...Gave them their space and such.
I do know one thing. They love beer. Saw a many head for an open beer on the deck and walk right in the can. We invoked glass only beer containers since cause the thought of slamming a beer with a hornet swimming in it would be a definite buzz kill.
For loss of taxonomic expertise we just refered to them as Japanese Hornets and they were not bad neighbors.
We just left the nest alone and now they have disappeared. Have not seen one in years.
I have been hassled more by the damn yellow jackets in the pant leg type of thing.
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