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• Asian honeybees use poop as ‘tool’ to repel murderous giant hornets

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

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  Dec 10, 2020
• Another ‘murder hornet’ spotted in B.C.

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

  Environment

  Nov 10, 2020
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• Two ‘murder hornet’ queens captured in Washington state sting

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

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2020
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• Two more ‘murder hornets’ found just 13 km from B.C. border

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

  Environment

  Aug 29, 2020
• ‘Murder hornet’: Asian invader is death on wings for bees in Canada, U.S.

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

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  May 4, 2020
• Invasive, honeybee-eating Asian giant hornets discovered near B.C. border in Washington state

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

  Dec 23, 2019