A giant, bee-killing insect dubbed the “murder hornet” is making inroads in the United States, threatening crops that depend on pollination, and humans who may get in its way.

Hornets and bees are both feared insects for their painful stings. Both are quick-flying, hive-building insects that work ...

Originally from eastern and southeast Asia, the giant hornet eats other insects like wasps and bees. In fact, the hornet is known for wiping out full colonies of honeybees, which is alarming since ...

When giant hornets target a beehive, they attack as a group and overwhelm the colony. But Asian honey bees (Apis cerana) that are under attack by the giant hornet Vespa soror, a close relative of ...

Giant hornets (Vespa soror) are a sister species to so-called murder hornets (Vespa mandarinia).They're also one of the deadliest predators of Asian honey bees (Apis cerana).They attack hives in ...

Deadly bees and wasp-like relatives, armed with potent stings and aggressive behaviors, pose significant threats worldwide.

A giant killer hornet from Asia that ... Just one hornet can kill 40 bees in under a minute — a talent most famously showcased in a terrifying 2012 video of 30 hornets massacring 30,000 bees ...

Asian honey bees rally against giant hornet invasions with an acoustic response that resembles the alarm shrieks of birds, primates and other social mammals.

Each year in Japan, these hornets cause about 30 to 50 human deaths, and not all of them are due to venom allergy. Furthermore, the giant hornets are known for murdering bees.

The Northern giant hornet is the world's largest known hornet measuring 1.5–2 inches in length. It has a head as wide as its shoulders, where the wings and legs are located, or wider, and it is ...