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Apr. 21, 2023 The genomes of two hornet species, the European hornet and the Asian hornet (or yellow-legged hornet) have been ...
Oct. 5, 2023 Bumblebees have a remarkably successful method for fighting off Asian hornets, new research ...
Dec. 7, 2022 Now found throughout much of continental Europe, the Asian Hornet was first recorded in Ireland in 2021. Using mitochondrial DNA markers, a new study concluded that the Irish specimen represented a ...
Dec. 7, 2020 What do honey bees and deadly hornets have to do with issues surrounding 'fake news?' New research is providing new details about honey bees and their defenses against preying hornets. ...
Mar. 14, 2022 Scientists have developed a method for tracking the Asian giant 'murder' hornet's presence and possibly accelerating its removal. The researchers identified the major components of the ...
Nov. 9, 2021 For the first time, the unique sounds honey bees (Apis cerana) use to alert members of their hive when giant 'murder' hornets attack have been ...
Dec. 9, 2020 Researchers discovered honeybees in Vietnam collect and apply animal dung around hive entrances to deter deadly nest raids by giant hornets. This finding is the first to document the use of tools by ...
May 9, 2022 In Batesian mimicry, a harmless species imitates a more dangerous one in an evolutionary 'ruse' that affords the mimic protection from would-be predators. Now, researchers have discovered ...
June 7, 2021 A team of researchers found that within the same genus of marine snapping shrimp, Synalpheus, genome size and social behavior not only vary widely, but they are also co-evolving over ...
Sep. 23, 2022 Researchers have been studying the effect of rising temperatures on the lifespan of pollinating fig wasps. The findings show that the wasps lived much shorter lives at high temperatures, which would ...