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hornet

[hawr-nit] / ˈhɔr nɪt /


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So far this year, 205 Asian hornet queens have been caught and nine primary nests destroyed across Guernsey and Herm.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The bee team fighting a murderous hornet invasion.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

A new online map has been launched for islanders to report Asian hornet sightings in Jersey.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2026

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

Principal Principal sits back in his chair and doodles a hornet.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

The hallways lead to more hallways, the overhead fluorescents whine like hornets.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Asian hornets arrived in Jersey in 2016 and I&E said they are treated as an invasive species because they are aggressive predators of native insects and pose a threat to honey bees.

From BBC Mar. 19, 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

“But look: even birds and hornets are walking. That’s how we’ll get out.”

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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