The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) trapped its first Asian giant hornet this month. The hornet was found in a WSDA trap set near Birch Bay in Whatcom County. WSDA trappers checked ...

The Asian giant hornet first made waves this spring when it appeared in the United States. Discovered in Washington State, some dubbed it the murder hornet, but since then, entomologists have been ...

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 ...

Asian giant hornets (Vespa mandarinia) are the largest social wasp in the world and have been given the dramatic name of ‘murder hornet’ in the media due to their ability to raid beehives and kill the ...

Over the past few years many words have been written about an invasive insect known casually as the “murder hornet”—more formally, the Asian giant hornet, or northern giant hornet. But this week, the ...

SPOKANE, Washington -- Scientists have discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States and plan to wipe it out Saturday to protect native honeybees, officials in Washington ...

People are being asked to track the location of Asian hornet nests rather than destroy them. It comes as Queen Asian hornets are set to leave their primary nests alongside worker hornets to build ...

Thanks to the help of everyday people, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Washington state’s agriculture agency declared victory — murder hornets have been wiped out. The giant hornets can be up ...

Business, Education, Environment, Health, Lifestyle, NEWS, Politics, Technology - The Asian hornet continues to be a source ...

Beekeepers and environmentalists are growing more concerned after an “unprecedented” number of Asian hornets have been spotted so far this year, sparking fears of a surge in the UK population of the ...