The Rural Development Administration develops a device to eradicate wasp nests using drones.

[Cattle Farming Newspaper, Jeon Woo-jung, Reporter] The Rural Development Administration has developed a drone-mounted device for removing wasp nests to reduce safety accidents during nest removal operations and increase control efficiency, and has begun to distribute it on-site. Wasps are a major factor in beekeeping damage, attacking honeybees and reducing their numbers, leading to lower honey production and reduced pollination of crops. Wasps are highly toxic and can sting repeatedly, posing a significant risk of human casualties, but traditional wasp nest removal required workers to directly perform high-altitude tasks, which carried the risk of bee stings and falls. The newly developed device is mounted on a drone and operated remotely, puncturing nests up to 300 times per minute and directly spraying control agents inside to eliminate larvae and queen bees. The application results show a 99% removal rate of wasps, reducing the operation time from over two hours to ...