This Asian giant hornet may have gotten the drop, but honeybees have a surprisingly effective weapon against the intruder.

Unlike honey bees in North America, honey bees in Asia have developed their own defenses against the Asian giant hornet as they have evolved, Professor Berenbaum said.

Of the more than 20,000 bee species in the world, 70% nest in the ground. And like many of their counterparts that nest above ...

The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, has arrived in the United States, threatening bees. Shin T/Getty Images Umair Irfan is a correspondent at Vox writing about climate change, energy policy ...

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Asian giant hornets may be all the buzz right now, but a Gig Harbor beekeeper says there's actually a bigger and lesser-known threat to local bees.

The bees are abuzz in Sunset Park. Since 2012, the gates of the Ninth Avenue subway in Brooklyn have been populated with a larger-than-life hive full of majestic bronze bees. The four-inch bees see… ...

In East Asia, honeybees must contend with never-ending attacks by a formidable foe: giant hornets. These predators pick off individual bees, but also stage group invasions of hives. In a brutal ...