The real risk arises with social species like hornets and wasps, which live in colonies led by a queen. Benson explains that ...

Government experts wearing bulky protective suits have destroyed the first nest of giant “murder hornets” discovered in the United States, vacuuming them out of a tree in the state of ...

The discovery took weeks and lots of dental floss, which was used to tie tracking devices to three hornets. And it worked; one of the insects led researchers to the location of the nest in a tree.