Researchers say it's the first known case of bees using a tool in nature. In this case, that tool is stool.

The insect was found in Aldergrove eight days after an Asian giant hornet sighting in Abbotsford.

The Asian giant hornet nest was eradicated in Blaine, Wash., a few kilometres south of the border with Canada.

Both hornets were found in Birch Bay, just south of Blaine and a 20-minute drive from the Peace Arch border crossing.

The Asian giant hornet stings through clothing like a red-hot needle and slaughters honeybees by the thousands.

The hornets were detected on Vancouver Island earlier this year, prompting officials to issue an alert and mobilize to destroy their colony.