Honeybees face numerous enemies throughout their relatively short lives. Pesticides, starvation, and parasites are three common causes of the death of a colony. However, there is one other threat that ...
Invasive, aggressive and destructive, the yellow-legged Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) is on the rise in the UK. Asian hornets are an invasive species that poses a threat to biodiversity, preying on ...
Asian honey bees rally against giant hornet invasions with an acoustic response that resembles the alarm shrieks of birds, ...
'Murder hornets' have been making a buzz in the media for years for their immense size and deadly behaviour. Also called the northern giant hornet (formerly the Asian giant hornet), these terrifying ...
The giant hornets feed honey bees to their larvae and use the hive's honey for energy. When a murder hornet scout finds a honey bee hive, it marks it with pheromones, which attracts even more giant ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Have you heard the "buzz" about hornets in North Carolina? I saw a huge one -- one of many nesting outside of the laundry room window. Their appearance looked eerily similar to that ...