More ‘murder hornets’ are turning up. Here’s what you need to know
What’s getting overlooked in the furor over the world’s largest hornet’s move to North America
The Asian giant hornet is the world’s largest hornet species, and an invasion of the giants into North America could spell trouble for the honeybees it kills as food for its young.
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Two new specimens of Asian giant hornet have turned up in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting that the invasive species made it through the winter despite efforts last year to stamp out the menace to North America’s honeybees.