Evidence of six perspectives on the Asian giant hornets known as the Hornets of Murder in Washington state is preparing to expedite the exploration of the potential structure.
While state agriculture officials kill bees, while some of the state’s major crops, such as raspberries and blueberries, are crucial for pollination, state agriculture officials are working to find and destroy nests before entering their “slaughter stage.”
Attacks of Murder Hornets on bee hives increase around this time of year, said department entomologist Sven-Eric Speechiger during a virtual news conference on Friday.
Many farmers in the northwestern states rely on bees for pollination of their crops.
The first of the recent scenes happened about two weeks ago when a private homeowner caught two homicide hornets in the town of Blaine in Comcom County, near the Canadian border.
A scientist trapped a horn alive when the state’s Department of Agriculture reacted on Sept. 30, the agency’s first, spokeswoman Carla Salpe told a news conference.
Other Blaine residents reported some other scenes the same week.
A number of killing hornets have been found indicating that a nest has been set up in the area, Spichiger said. “We hope to find the nest in a few weeks.”
To successfully destroy structures, killing hornets need to be captured alive.
Employees from the Department of Agriculture tried to glue a tracker to the horns of a fatally trapped murderer, hoping to follow him into his nest, Spichiger said. But the glue didn’t dry fast enough, and the tracker fell down. Scientists hope to find another live horn soon and try again.
In addition to rejecting a complete bee hive, the Asian giant hornet can give humans a painful bite. There is also evidence that giant hornets are also attacking native wasps and hornets, the speaker said.
The invasive pest, commonly found in China, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Vietnam and other Asian countries, was first documented in Washington state late last year. How it arrived is unclear.
At least 14 hornets have been found in the state in the last one year, according to the state agriculture department’s Asian giant Hornet Dashboard.
Washington is the only place in the Canadian province of Washington and British Columbia where Hornets have been found in North America.
There have been reports from Asia that people are called killing hornets so they often die.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Hornets, wasps and bees commonly seen in India kill an average of 62 people a year.
Associated Press Contributed.
