Honeybees face numerous enemies throughout their relatively short lives. Pesticides, starvation, and parasites are three common causes of the death of a colony. However, there is one other threat that ...

The murder hornet, formally known as the northern giant hornet, has been eradicated five years after it was first spotted in Washington state, the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) and ...

Asian honey bees rally against giant hornet invasions with an acoustic response that resembles the alarm shrieks of birds, ...

For the past few weeks, the phrase “murder hornet” has made frequent appearances in media outlets — producing chilling claims that a dangerous human-killer threatens to invade North America. But ...

SPOKANE, Washington -- Scientists have discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States and plan to wipe it out Saturday to protect native honeybees, officials in Washington ...

The hornet invasion threatens honeybees, other pollinators and all native insects with no natural defences. Eradication ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) trapped its first Asian giant hornet this month. The hornet was found in a WSDA trap set near Birch Bay in Whatcom County. WSDA trappers checked ...

If you’ve been wondering whatever happened with the invasion of so-called murder hornets a few years back, we’ve finally got an answer. The northern giant hornet, commonly known as the murder hornet, ...

So-called "murder hornets" have been eradicated from the U.S., officials announced Wednesday, five years after the invasive species was first identified in Washington state. The northern giant hornet ...