The 2-inch-long hornet, with a stinger longer than that of a typical wasp, can deliver potent venom, but is largely dangerous to bees and other insects, not humans. Eradication efforts started ...

The USDA hails the effort to expunge the northern giant hornet from Washington state as ... a "slaughter phase" where it decapitates honey bees and destroys a hive in as little as 90 minutes.