Furthermore, the giant hornets are known for murdering bees. They can wipe out an entire bee colony in just a matter of hours. Beekeepers have found their hives littered with the bodies of bees ...
Each strike took just an instant, the predators snatching bees out of the air and then flying away with their victims, which would be carved up later and fed to the hornets’ own ravenous larvae.
were first called Asian giant hornets, the Associated Press reports, citing the National Institutes of Health. The insect has nearly seven times the venom of a honey bee. Unlike the honey bee ...
The Asian hornet first appeared in Upper Austria last spring. Because it poses a threat to native honey bees and also to ...
Record sightings of Asian hornets are raising fears of catastrophic consequences for the UK's bee populations for years to come. The invasive hornets are wreaking havoc in mainland Europe and ...