TAYLOR KNIGHT:
REMEMBER THE BUZZ IN TWENTY NINETEEN ABOUT MURDER HORNETS BEING FOUND IN NORTH AMERICA?
WELL, WATCH OUT, BECAUSE ANOTHER ONE WAS FOUND IN WASHINGTON STATE EARLIER THIS MONTH.
NO, THEY ARE NOT A THREAT TO HUMANS, BUT IF YOU GET STUNG ITS GONNA HURT.
IT’S THE HONEYBEE WHO REALLY NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT THESE GIANT HORNETS.
THEY’RE KNOWN TO ATTACK HIVES BY DESTROYING THEM AND DECAPITATING THE BEES.
THESE AGGRESSIVE INSECTS ARE NATIVE TO ASIA.
AND SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE SOLO HORNET THAT WAS FOUND PROBABLY
WAS HERE FROM LAST SEASON, SINCE ITS A MALE AND THEY USUALLY DON’T COME AROUND UNTIL JULY WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOOD NEWS
HOWEVER, IF YOU DO SPOT ONE MAKE SURE TO STAY AWAY, BUT ALERT YOUR LOCAL AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT.
U.S. OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO KEEP THESE PESTS IN THEIR PLACE
HAVE YOU SEEN A MURDER HORNET?
LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW.
