The yellow-legged Asian hornet is a "highly aggressive" invasive species of hornet that has been spreading like wildfire ...

Originally from Asia, they were first recorded in Europe in France in 2004 when it is believed a hornet arrived in a shipment ...

According to insect experts at the two organisations, nature can be canny: what you think is a hornet may be a hoverfly ...

Stefan Berg and his Bavarian colleagues are fighting an almost hopeless battle. The head of the Bavarian Institute for Bee Research and Beekeeping in Veitshöchheim near Würzburg and other beekeepers ...

Highly aggressive Africanized honey bees, the so-called "killer bees," are moving north and spreading as climate change ...

Asian giant hornets (Vespa mandarinia) are the largest social wasp in the world and have been given the dramatic name of ‘murder hornet’ in the media due to their ability to raid beehives and ...

But as the week wore on, the bees began gaining ground. They started to swarm near the entrance of the nest, creating a living carpet of guards. Each time a hornet flew too close, some of the ...

UK gardeners have been put on high alert for a new destructive species of ant, the Tapinoma magnum, which has been sighted in ...

UK gardeners have been put on high alert as a new destructive species of ant, the Tapinoma magnum, has been spotted in the ...

As Rod Stewart prepares for Glastonbury's legends slot – a set rumoured to include a Faces reunion – we revisit a classic ...