It didn’t take long for news to go viral about the arrival of the Asian giant hornet, better known as the murder hornet, in the United States. That’s because their visit could prove devastating for ...

Daniel Owen, 47, originally from Idaho Falls, Idaho, and his son Cooper, 15, died following the attack at Green Jungle Park ...

When preying on honey bees, hornets hover outside hive entrances, waiting for tired bees to return from their foraging trips.

A worrying discovery has been made in Savannah, Georgia, where a hornet, known as Vespa velutina, was officially identified by the Georgia Department of Agriculture in 2023. A beekeeper in the area ...

Giant hornets represent a major threat to honey bees. They are known to launch group attacks to decimate colonies in the space of just hours. One hornet species, Vespa soror, begins its attack by ...

The honey bee killer the yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina) has now been found a second time in South Carolina. The hornet was caught in a baited trap on March 14 in Jasper County, about three ...

Giant hornets band together in groups to overwhelm honey bee hives. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When giant cousins of ...

A conservationist and former bee keeper is describing biosecurity's response to the yellow legged hornet as "hopelessly inadequate". Three queens have been discovered on Auckland's North Shore, one in ...

Asian honey bees alert each other with a specific sound — similar to the screams of mammals or birds — when giant hornets threaten their lives and hives, according to new research. The "antipredator ...

Earlier this month, a backyard beekeeper in Savannah spotted two yellow-legged wasps, a species dreaded by beekeepers across the world. Authorities swooped in and confirmed the finding to be the first ...

Philadelphia may have a Darwin Award candidate who's either in a world of pain or about to be. Last Thursday night, a thief stole a vacuum from the back of a Ford pickup truck that belongs to Don ...