Murder hornet nest destroyed

[Arkansas Granny]

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Crews in Washington state on Saturday worked to destroy the first Asian giant hornet nest found in the United States, a day after officials announced the discovery.

The "murder hornets" were first spotted in the state late last year, and entomologists have since been on alert for the massive insects, which can devastate honey bee populations.

The nest was found after four live hornets were caught this week in traps the agriculture department set up in the area. Entomologists were able to attach radio trackers to three of the hornets, and one of them led them to the nest -- located in the cavity of a tree on private property -- Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The team observed dozens of hornets entering and leaving the tree.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/nest-murder-hornets-washington-state-1st-us-officials/story?id=73791624&cid=social_twitter_abcn

[malaise]

1. One more reason why scientists matter

Get thee to the greatest page

[bamagal62]

2. Wild that you can put a tracker on a hornet.

[lagomorph777]

6. These fuckers must be HUGE!

Wow.

[whopis01]

9. They aren't small

[Talitha]

14. If that's a regular sized one, how doggone big are the Queens?

[bamagal62]

17. OMG.

[Iggo]

18. Is that a death's-head on its forehead?

[oregonjen]

15. They used dental floss to attach the trackers.

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/uw-researcher-put-tiny-tracking-technology-giant-hornets-help-state-deal-murderous-pest/

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Are they going to destroy them or study them?

[PCIntern]

4. Wow! Now there's a job to awaken to every morning.

Download the old fantasy story “The Bees From Borneo” from the old pulp Sci fi days. It is prescient.

[DavidDvorkin]

5. I was wondering if this was going to be a joke about cleaning out the White House.

[lagomorph777]

12. There will be a lot of bugs to remove (bedbugs and Russian bugs)

[Sherman A1]

7. K&R

[AmericanCanuck]

8. interesting

[5X]

10. They are orange like the dotard murderer.

Orange is the new red.

[Yavin4]

11. A second one will be destroyed by the voters on Nov. 3rd. n/t

[MuseRider]

13. I love that picture

of the tracking device. That is just so cool to see.

Science in action.

[abqtommy]

16. Now hows about we turn these Crews that destroyed the Killer Hornets loose on the

Killer Cops in the U.S. and the Killer Terrorists in France? Seems like The Crews know
what to do.

[jmowreader]

19. This is what a tracker-fitted hornet looks like

And yes, the state did kill the whole batch, plus (with the homeowner's permission - or, more than likely, insistence) they cut down the tree the nest was in and hauled it off to get rid of the baby hornets and queens that were in it.