When the northern giant hornet—nicknamed the “murder hornet”—first showed up in Washington state in 2019, it sparked a wave ...

And that was actually the way they were first discovered in Washington State’s Whatcom County back in 2019. They’d invaded this beehive. They’d killed everything inside and left these headless bodies ...

Giant hornets, dubbed "murder hornets," have been eradicated in the U.S., five years after the invasive species was first detected in Washington state.

Northern giant hornets are able to kill an entire honey bee hive in as little as 90 minutes. They also pose a threat to human health as their sting is more dangerous than that of a honey bee.

The Washington state Department of Agriculture on Oct. 7 was sent a photo of what appeared to be a deceased northern giant hornet spotted in the wild in the region of Burley in Kitsap County.

Asian giant hornets are one of the few hornet species that build their nests underground. They are native to some parts of China, India, Japan, and Sri Lanka. However, they are more commonly found in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The northern giant hornet, an invasive species native to Asia that’s capable of devastating local honeybee populations, was possibly found near Horseshoe Lake on Oct. 3 ...

News; Pacific NW; Invasive giant hornet reported seen in Kitsap County, Washington Oct. 14, 2024 Updated Mon., Oct. 14, 2024 at 9:22 p.m. A researcher holds a dead northern giant hornet in Blaine ...

The northern giant hornet, which used to be referred to as the Asian giant hornet or murder hornet, is native to Asia and was first found in the U.S. in Blaine near the U.S.-Canadian border in 2019.

A report of a potential northern giant hornet, the invasive species sometimes referred to as "murder hornets" when they surfaced in Washington state nearly five years ago, is being investigated in ...

Christine Moses was playing Scrabble with her husband in their Ottawa home this spring when she looked outside the window and shrieked."I just saw this gigantic beast crawling up the window," Moses ...

(WJW) – Bee on the lookout! Social media has been buzzing with pictures of large hornets spotted in Northeast Ohio. In one post to Facebook, Sarah Brake of Cortland wrote, “Found this huge ...