The Asian or yellow-legged hornet can kill 50 bees a day (Alamy/PA) Rapid action against an invasive bee-killing hornet has stopped its spread in the UK despite suitable climate and habitat for ...

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Rapid action against an invasive bee-killing hornet has stopped its spread in the UK despite suitable climate and habitat for the insect, a study has found. Research led by the UK Centre for Ecology ...

said he expects the hornets to impact the balance of the local ecosystem because they aggressively hunt native hornets, bees, butterflies, moths and flies. A long-term decline in the bee population ...

Vespa soror, also known as the southern giant hornet. Researchers in Spain are scrambling to find the nest belonging to the first southern giant hornets found in Europe. Sometimes referred to as ...

A hobby beekeeper who invented a device to limit the destruction of hives by Asian hornets has won a top business award for women entrepreneurs. The Stop-It device, and its successor Stop-It Max, give ...