The United States has officially declared the invasive northern giant hornet, also known as the 'murder hornet,' eradicated. This follows years of efforts to control the species, which poses a significant threat to honeybee populations.
Five years after northern giant hornets started showing up in B.C. and Washington state, American officials have declared the invasive species eradicated in the United States.Invasive northern giant hornets eat the heads of honey bees and can wipe out a bee hive in 90 minutes, according to etymologists.Recently, the arrival of so-called murder hornets in B.C.
and Washington state was front page news thanks to the destructive potential of the menacing invaders and the trail of headless bee bodies left in their wake.A hornet was last found in B.C. in the Fraser Valley in 2021 it was the only hornet found that year,' said a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 'The Ministry's annual surveillance and monitoring in the Fraser Valley concluded in 2024 and will resume if new findings are confirmed in the future.' In 2020 and 2021, four invasive northern giant hornet nests were discovered in Alder tree cavities in Washington state.also called Asian giant hornets, are voracious in appetite, predating on honey bees by eating their heads and stripping off their wings and legs. A small number of hornets can kill an entire honey bee hive in as little as 90 minutes, according to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, posing a major threat to honey producers and, by extension, the fruit and berry crops honey bees pollinate.Native to China, Japan, and Thailand, the hornets are the largest in the world, with queens growing up to five centimetres in length with a four to seven-centimetre wingspan. Thanks to the help of observant citizens, the WSDA destroyed four hornet nests found inside alder tree cavities in 2020 and 2021. Washington state entomologist tags a northern giant hornet with a tiny radio tracke
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