Queen ‘murder hornet’ found in B.C. after large nest discovered in Washington

A queen 'murder hornet' has been found in Aldergrove, and officials in Washington state say dozens of queens were found in the nest there.

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33 comments

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  1. Bit of a Freudian slip there ! Come again, was that Asian Giant Hornet or Asian Muder Hornet ? And is it anything like the Aggressive Africanized Bees.

  2. When a species actively changes its instinctive nesting habits, moving its hive into a tree instead of underground, that should cause researchers to ask why? Maybe there’s an unknown North American insect, worm, ant, animal, or, plant that sees these hornets as a food source?

    1. It’s possible, but while this species typically nests in the ground, it occasionally nests in other settings (at least according to Japanese publications, such as Matsuura & Sakagami 1973 and others). It’s probably too early to say that the nesting habits have changed–there may be several subterranean nests in the area than hadn’t been discovered. I’ve seen with other species that they sometimes can do the opposite of what is reported as the norm.

    2. @Bob Jacobson Just being in North America is an unknown variable for this specie. The only X Factor for the murder hornet is fire ants. They don’t really have fire ants in Japan. So there wouldn’t be any research with the two species making contact. The first documentation of fire ants in Japan was in 2017. A subterranean Murder Hornets nest wouldn’t stand a chance against fire ants.

    3. @Cantaloupe “Too wet” is the greater probability, but I doubt it would be sufficient to deter the hornets because the warmer months are the drier ones in that area.

  3. can you guys stop using buzz words and call them what they are actually called…. its bad enough when you do it with guns, let alone insects..

  4. how do you know they don’t just act in “Self defense”? they could be ‘Self Defense’ Hornets all along

  5. It seems that a great invasion has started from both sides, Western in British Columbia in Canada, and Eastern border in Washington, the USA. It seems there is no choice to stop it.

  6. And yet thereā€™s still one thing more dangerous then these…..thatā€™s the liberal government and their dictator leader!

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