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

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

Not only did it provide a free Halloween decoration, but it also offered a solution to something even scarier. Homeowner ...

Figuring out how to securely attach a radio tag to a hornet without harming it was a hurdle. After finding a nest in a tree, a team plugged the nest with foam, wrapped the tree in plastic and ...

The dissection of Asian hornet nests is being carried out to inform the strategy used to manage the invasive species in ...

as well as researchers capturing a live hornet, attaching a tiny radio tracking tag to it with dental floss, and following it through a forest to a nest in an alder tree. Scientists destroyed the ...

Washington state Department of Agriculture’s hornet eradication team after removing hornets from the tree at the first hornet nest detection in the United States in October 2020. From left ...

Finding nests involves tracking hornets. "We put out bait stations ... often involves other operatives to gain access such as tree surgeons or cherry pickers. "If the nest is in a built-up ...

Sven Spichiger, Washington state Department of Agriculture managing entomologist, displays a canister of Asian giant hornets vacuumed from a nest in a tree behind him Oct. 24, 2020, in Blaine ...