The winged pest is a close relative of the Northern giant hornet ... an entire bee colony in a matter of hours. Dr. Keith Delaplane, a honeybee expert in the University of Georgia’s Department ...

In the U.S., around 72 people a year die from bee and hornet ... Officials in Georgia and South Carolina are fighting ...

The rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) is a federally endangered species that hasn’t been seen in Georgia in over 30 years. Sarina Jepsen / Xerces Society Bumble bee populations are in ...

Everything about Wallace’s giant bee is goliath: It reaches an average body length of around 4 centimeters — about the size of a walnut — and has a wingspan of over 7.5 centimeters.

Prior to Vox, he was a reporter for ClimateWire at E&E News. A giant, bee-killing insect dubbed the “murder hornet” is making inroads in the United States, threatening crops that depend on ...