Murder Hornets

State officials have destroyed the first Asian giant hornet nest of the season, which was located near the town of Blaine along the Canadian border.

Washington State Department of Agriculture released video of the first murder hornet nest found this year, complete with hundreds of live hornets and wriggling larva.

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Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet discovered in the country this year

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Crews in Blaine, Washington, vacuumed Murder Hornets out of a nest housed within a large tree.

Scientists removed 98 so-called murder hornets from a nest discovered near the Canadian border in Washington state over the weekend, including 13 that were captured live in a net

Heavily protected crews in Washington state have worked to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States.

Scientists in Washington state have discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States and plan to wipe it out Saturday to protect native honeybees.

Evidence of six sightings of Asian giant hornets, known as murder hornets, in Washington state have prompted an urgent search for a possible nest, NBC News reports. State agriculture officials are working to find and destroy a nest before the hornets enter their “slaughter phase,” when they kill honeybees, which are crucial for pollinating some of the state’s staple crops,...

Bug experts are dismissing as media hype the recent worry about so-called murder hornets spotted in Washington state

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