Officials say there have been no confirmed sightings of the aggressive species, native to Japan and other parts of East Asia, ...
About 30-50 people die annually from Northern giant hornet stings in Japan, one of their native habitats. Had the hornets become established in the country, they could have posed a significant ...
A sharp increase in hornet attacks across Japan this autumn following a brutally ... The man, who was in his 50s, was searching for an Asian giant hornet’s nest when he was stung in the ear ...
Sven Spichiger, an entomologist with the Washington state Department of Agriculture, poses for a photo with an Asian giant hornet from Japan mounted on a pin in Olympia, Wash., May 4, 2020.
Owing to a spate of attacks by northern giant hornets in China in 2013 – including ... is responsible for as many as 50 deaths a year in Japan – the insect has caused sleepless nights for ...
Japanese honeybees have developed a defense against giant hornet attacks, utilizing strength in numbers and their own unique adaptations. Japanese honeybees vibrate their flight muscles to ...