Giant hornets are among the world’s largest and deadliest hornets, which might explain why they’re so revered in the parts of Asia they’re endemic to. But like most hornet species, every nest has its ...

Update on May 29, 2020: Washington State officials have confirmed the discovery of a third Asian giant hornet, almost certainly a queen, found dead on a road near Custer, Washington.

The hornets have stingers which are around 1/4 of an inch long and they can use them to sting multiple times. Watch this video to see how the queen builds her nest. Produced by Joe Daunt .

This hornet was found near the location of a suspected bee kill by Asian giant hornets at the end of 2019. WSDA will continue trapping plans in the area to try and find any colonies or queens that ...

Two queen Asian giant hornets were discovered alive Wednesday when the tree that held the first nest found in the United States was cut open.. The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA ...

Close to 200 Queen Murder Hornets in Wash. Nest Killed 'In the Nick of Time,' Scientist Says The nest, which was 14 inches long and 8 to 9 inches wide, contained more than 500 Asian giant hornet ...

BLAINE, Wash. — The first Asian giant hornet nest found in the United States was successfully eradicated from a tree in Whatcom County, according to the Washington State Department of ...

As word of these Murder Hornets' arrival to North America made rounds on the internet, some users uncovered a photo gallery from 2011 that put to scale just how big the queen Murder Hornets can be ...

Vespa mandarinia virgin queen mating with a male in a cage in Kunming, Yunnan, China. The queen is in the center and is anesthetized (she is not moving much). There is male mating with her on the ...

Previously, one southern giant hornet queen was found at Vancouver Harbor, British Columbia, Canada in 2019. Two years later, ...

The southern giant hornet is one of the largest hornets, the researchers noted in the paper. They are part of the genus Vespa, which are mostly endemic to Asia, the researchers said.