A sharp increase in hornet attacks across Japan this autumn following a brutally ... wearing protective gear to die from wasp stings,” he said. Hornets ramp up their nest-building activities ...
They have a reputation for delivering dangerous, painful stings that have as much venom as a snake. Each year in Japan, these hornets cause about 30 to 50 human deaths, and not all of them are due ...
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 ...