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
A hornet sting can trigger sharp pain, tissue damage, and serious systemic problems such as the destruction of red blood cells and cardiac dysfunction, any of which can be fatal.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
He told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme that the insects in Northern Ireland "haven't got the same defences that the natural prey for this hornet would have in southeast Asia".
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
In his elation, Cheesethief even forgot the painful hornet stings.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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
According to Kobe University ecologist Shinji Sugiura, "Although stomach-content studies had shown that pond frogs sometimes eat hornets, no experimental work had ever examined how this occurs."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
It’s the same crew of hornets and surftards that hang out at The Spot, minus the older guys like Fry and Zephyr and Big Foot, who’re probably downstairs.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
