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

If you’ve been wondering whatever happened with the invasion of so-called murder hornets a few years back, we’ve finally got an answer. The northern giant hornet, commonly known as the murder ...

YouTube channel Insects Sniper has captured time-lapse footage an Asian giant hornet queen building her nest over a three-day period. The nest is made from chewed wood and saliva which gives it a ...

The world’s largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and ability to slaughter a ...

European hornets are also commonly called brown hornets and giant hornets. Most of these insects die off in the fall. Only the queens — who are in charge of reproduction — survive the winter.

The Washington state and U.S. Departments of Agriculture announced the eradication earlier this month, saying there had been no detections of the northern giant hornet in Washington since 2021.

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In Spring 2020, amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic, when the world was already teetering on the edge, yet another threat emerged in North America — the Asian giant hornet: an apex predator ...

The man, who was in his 50s, was searching for an Asian giant hornet’s nest when he was stung in the ear and back. According to city officials, the man was wearing full-body protective gear and ...