Surviving a 1-foot nest encounter requires managing hundreds of aggressive insects simultaneously. The Vespa bicolor classification represents a lethal and ongoing threat to honeybee larvae ...
A European hornet is captured gripping a large pale larva while standing on a rough stone surface. Using its strong mandibles, the hornet carefully balances the prey during transport. This behavior is ...
The giant hornets feed honey bees to their larvae and use the hive's honey for energy. When a murder hornet scout finds a honey bee hive, it marks it with pheromones, which attracts even more giant ...
A nest of invasive Asian hornets has been found for the first time in Wales. The Asian hornet or yellow-legged hornet, a voracious invasive, is native to South East Asia and arrived in France in a ...