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But the main prey of the Asian hornet is honeybees, with one insect killing up to 50 bees a day, devastating entire colonies.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

This suggests that the frogs in the study may have developed a dual resistance to both the painful and harmful effects of hornet venom, allowing them to successfully hunt and consume hornet workers.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025

He imagined the hornet turning on Deacon Hurd, and the general melee as he ran down the aisle, chased by the eager insect, hollering and swatting at the thin air.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

A frog with an unexpectedly strong resistance to venom has been identified, and it routinely eats hornets despite the insects' dangerous stingers.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025

He said hornets better represent the Merryweather spirit than foreign marsupials, plus the Wombat mascot costume was going to suck money from the prom committee’s budget.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson