Hornets scare the life out of me, I saw one in Florida a couple of years ago, they are big and they are very noisy, you cannot say you cannot hear them. I am so glad they don't live in the UK, they come here sometimes, mostly in the South of the UK but not that often as they get eaten by the birds and other wildlife here.
We have smaller versions of hornets called wasps, they can be little horrors, but they very rarely attack in numbers, they get cheesed off at the slightest thing, and then just sting for the fun of it.
I understand that we need wasps, as they eat all the bugs on the flowers which can be harmful to bees.
We have the other type of wasp in the UK, it is a public menace, also known as the traffic warden, these are quick little bleeders who are dressed like wasps, who like to sting all the money out of you.
I hope Roy is ok and recovers quickly, I think he will look at a hornet in the future and run the other way, like I did in Florida.
Joe Airtime