Washington and the USDA announced Wednesday that the dangerous "murder hornets," an invasive species, have been declared extinct. Formerly called Asian giant hornets, these hornets that can be up ...

Not from varroa mites, pesticides, colony collapse disorder, or any of the many other perils now facing honeybee populations across the world, but from hornets—each one a red-eyed giant next to ...

The largest and dominant species is the hornet. Like all social wasps, it feeds its larvae with animal protein, which it normally obtains by hunting other insects. Honey bees are easy and popular ...

Since then, Asian hornets have spread across northern Portugal and the Netherlands and the Low Countries, he said. Mr Cockburn said the species could affect the UK’s animal and insect populations.

Three specimens were found on Vancouver Island at the time, after which the killer hornets spread. All known nests have now been gradually destroyed. It is still unclear how the animals arrived in ...

Asian hornets are a threat to the UK's insect population ... Dr OIaf Booy, from the Animal and Plant Health Agency, says that in hotspot areas, bee inspectors would "make sure people have bait ...