Fire bureau gets more calls on hornet nests

The Beijing fire bureau got 27 requests to remove hornet nests in less than a week recently, according to the 119 firefighting command center.

Firefighters removed more than 20 hornet nests on June 3 alone in Shijingshan district. In recent years, a growing number of the fire bureau's calls in summer are related to hornets. From May 1 to June 1, Beijing got 103 calls for social aid, of which 81 were related to hornet-nest removal.