The hunt is on in Whatcom for invasive, bee-killing giant hornets with painful stings
The state will set “sap traps” and ask people to make homemade bottle traps in an effort to find and destroy invasive Asian giant hornets and keep them from making a home in the Pacific Northwest.
Trapping will occur in spring and summer as Washington State Department of Agriculture and other officials battle the new and unwanted pest, which was discovered in Blaine in December — making it the first time the invasive Asian giant hornet was discovered in Washington state.
There also was another sighting in Blaine as well as possible, though unverified, sightings near Stimpson Family Nature Reserve and near Custer, where a beekeeper reported a massive loss of bees with decapitated heads.
The confirmed sightings were the first time the hornets were found in the U.S. outside of being intercepted at airports, according to Chris Looney, an entomologist with the Washington State Department of Agriculture.
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