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

Bees arrive at their nest in a tree cavity created and long since abandoned by a black woodpecker. For those first few days of the siege, the honeybees appeared helpless in the face of the hornet ...

The nest is made from chewed wood and saliva which gives it a paper-like look. Unlike with bees, the queen hornet builds the nest on her own. Asian hornets are known for their fearless behaviour ...

Once removed the nests are double bagged, and zip tied to prevent contamination during transit. All nests are placed in a ...

Unlike the honey bee, it can sting multiple times and through ... In the following years, the WSDA found and eradicated a single hornet nest in October 2020, then three nests in August and ...

Social behavior in insects, kin recognition system of honey bees, nest defense in honey bees, and social biology of the giant tropical ant. Kin recognition studies are designed to examine the various ...

Scientists destroyed the nest just as a number of queens were just ... They can wipe out a honey bee hive in as little as 90 minutes, decapitating the bees and then defending the hive as their ...