Experts have revealed Asian hornets, which are twice the size of a wasp and can munch on 50 bees a day, have been seen ...

Article continues below Until now, Asian hornets have mainly been observed in the UK during late summer with sightings peaking in September and October. Fears that the invasive species is now able ...

Here are all the Asian Hornet sightings in the UK since 2023. Each Asian Hornet, which is twice the size of a wasp, can eat up to 50 bees a day. As a result, Asian Hornet nests are destroyed as soon ...

Officials say one of the yellow-legged insects was captured on January 24 this year in the small town. Until now, Asian hornets have mainly been observed in the UK during late summer with sightings ...

The earliest-ever sighting of a bee-killing Asian hornet has been confirmed in the UK. Officials say one of the yellow-legged insects was captured on January 24 this year in Oswestry, Shropshire.

UK bees are in danger from “invasive hornets” who are “wreaking havoc in mainland Europe”, according to a report by leading scientists. The Asian hornets, which feed on native bees and ...

and the UK. They identified 1,449 different prey which had been fed by adult hornets to their larvae in the nests, more than half of which (55%) could be identified as a specific species.

The University of Exeter research group conducted tests on samples of Asian hornets taken from France, Spain, Jersey, and the UK during the active season of the hornet. While it turns out that the ...