First Corona virus, now murder hornets

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Does it ever end?

Just when you thought 2020 could not get any worse. Now we have giant hornets with freakish eyes and a venomous sting to add to this year's long list of worries.

For the first time, Asian giant hornets have been spotted in the United States, specifically in Washington state, scientists say. Beekeepers have reported piles of dead bees with their heads ripped off, an alarming sight in a country with a rapidly declining bee population.

At more than two inches long, they're the world's largest hornets with a sting that can kill humans if stung multiple times, according to experts at the Washington State University. The giant insects are nicknamed "murder hornets."

"They're like something out of a monster cartoon with this huge yellow-orange face," Susan Cobey, a bee breeder at the Washington State University's department of entomology, said recently.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/03/us/washington-giant-murder-hornets/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/us/asian-giant-hornet-washington.html

 
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What happened to all the murder hornets? They seemed like they filled the gap before more Corona. ?
 
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