The National Bee Unit responds to public sightings of the yellow-legged or Asian hornet to destroy insects and nests.

Bees and wasps might seem like formidable insects with their painful stings, but they’re not at the top of the food chain. In fact, many animals have developed a taste for these buzzing creatures.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If there's a small black filament sticking out of the center, that's the stinger. (Only honey bees leave this behind, so if you don't see one, you were likely stung by a bumblebee, wasp, yellow jacket ...