The earliest-ever laboratory confirmed sighting of an Asian hornet in the UK has been recorded in Oswestry in Shropshire.

Although the European honey bee was the most common species found in the hornets—appearing in all sampled nests and almost all larvae within those nests—their diet is a lot broader. An Asian ...

Washington State University entomologists announced this week that commercial honey bee colony losses are projected to reach between 60% and 70% in 2025.

In the new study, the team looked at Asian hornet samples from France, Spain, and the island of Jersey throughout the hornet’s active season. The European honey bee was the most common species ...

Regular readers of this column will know that, in general, I struggle to muster much affection for non-native species, ...

Asian hornets are returning to France as temperatures rise ahead of spring, and beekeepers are advising on ways to get rid of ...

“But that depends on us.” An Asian giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) worker bee, one of four native honey bee species in Cambodia, where global threats like climate change are compounded by local ...

“Asian hornets are known to prey on honey bees ... these were Europe’s three main crop pollinators: the European honey bee, the buff-tailed bumblebee and the red-tailed bumblebee.