The Asian giant hornet arrived in Washington State in December 2019, carrying a venom that kills roughly 50 people a year in Japan and a hunting strategy that can dismantle a honeybee colony of 30,000 in hours.
The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, arrived in Washington State in December 2019 when a dead specimen turned up in Blaine, near the Canadian border, and within two years Washington State Department of Agriculture crews were vacuuming a nest of ... [8408 chars]