hornet
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The bee team fighting a murderous hornet invasion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
As reported in the journal Ecosphere, Sugiura found clear evidence that adult pond frogs actively launched attacks on workers of all three hornet species.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
To investigate whether pond frogs evade or tolerate these potentially lethal stings, Sugiura presented individual adult frogs with workers of three hornet species, Vespa simillima, V. analis, and V. mandarinia, in controlled laboratory trials.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
Following the initial sighting, live traps were deployed to monitor Asian hornet activity.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
I brought my hand back down and it was holding the biggest, maddest hornet I’d ever seen.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Annelotte Baas-Jehan, Invasive Non-Native Species Policy & Coordination Officer, said volunteers had been key to capturing hornets.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The hallways lead to more hallways, the overhead fluorescents whine like hornets.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Curiously, I never really got angry at the North Koreans, on the assumption that if you kick the hornet’s nest and get stung, you can’t really blame the hornets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Yet certain animals, including some birds, spiders, and frogs, regularly prey on adult hornets.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
His left hand is all taped up, and it appears one of Jared’s hornets got him in the upper lip.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
