The secret to the hornet’s exceptional alcohol-tolerance The study authors investigated how the bodies of oriental hornets break down alcohol. To do this, they labeled the alcohol the insects ...

Asian hornets feed on insects and are a threat to bees, because they like to feed young bee grubs and dismembered adult bee thoraxes to their young, beekeepers say. In the spring, Asian hornet ...

Like other crops, most edible insects are highly seasonal, with many celebrations of the coming harvest held around the world - including wasp festivals in Japan and caterpillar festivals in ...

The insect of the year 2025 helps foresters combat the pest known as the wood wasp. This insect, which bears some resemblance to a hornet, lays eggs in both live and freshly cut trees, leading to ...

Efforts quickly began to track and get rid of them. The 2-inch-long hornet, with a stinger longer than that of a typical wasp, can deliver potent venom, but is largely dangerous to bees and other ...

with a stinger longer than that of a typical wasp, can deliver potent venom, but is largely dangerous to bees and other insects, not humans. Eradication efforts started because of the threat the ...

Agriculture and wildlife officials have announced that they have eradicated the infamous "murder hornet" from the US, five years after the headline-generating insects were first spotted in Washington ...

We spent the following week exploring the nest and learning all about wasps. The children were eager and excited to see and ...

Northern giant hornets pose significant threats to pollinators and native insects. They can wipe out a honey bee hive in as little as 90 minutes, decapitating the bees and then defending the hive ...