Asian Giant Hornets found in the United States

Asian Giant Hornets found in the United States

HORNETS... OR WHATARE ALSO BEINGCALLED... MURDERHORNETS... HAVEBEEN FOUND IN THEU-S...AND TONIGHT SOMESCIENTISTS ARESAYING THEY COULDDESSIMATE HONEYBEE POPULATIONSTHAT ARE CURRENTLYSTRUGGLING...NBC26'S ERIC CRESTHAS THAT STORY...FOR NEARLY TWODECADES SCIENTISTSHAVE NOTICED THATHONEY BEECOLONIES..

HAVEBEEN STRUGGLING...IN PART DUE TOVIRUSES...PARASITES... ANDCLIMATE CHANGE...AND SCIENTISTS SAYSNORTHEASTWISCOSIN'S BEES...THEY'RE NOT FAIRINGANY BETTER."JUST LIKEEVERYWHERE ELSE INTHE WORLD HONEYBEE POPULATIONSARE IN SERIOUSTROUBLE."ISRAEL DEL TORO...AN EPTIMOLOGISTFROM LAWRENCEUNIVERSITY... SAYSABOUT ONE IN EVERYTHREE PIECES OFFOOD WE EAT AREDEPENDENT ONPOLLINATORS LIKETHESE... THAT'S WHYHEARING ABOUT THEARRIVAL OF ASIANGIANT HORNETS INWASHINGTON STATE...CAUGHT HISATTENTION..."THE GIANT HORNETSBASICALLY ARECAPABLE OFDISEMATING HONEYBEE POPULATIONS."THE ASIAN GIANTHORNET CAN GROWUP TO TWO INCHESLONG... WHICH ISABOUT FIVE TIMESLARGER THAN AHONEY BEE... THEYALSO ARE SAID TOHAVE ONE OF THEMOST PAINFUL STINGSIN THE INSECTWORLD... AND DELTORO SAYS... AHANDFUL OF THEM...CAN TAKE OUT AWHOLE COLONY OFBEES."THEY DO IT IN THEMOST GRUESOMEWAYS POSSIBLE.

THEYACTUALLY GO INTOTHE HIVE ANDDECAPITATE ANDDISMEMBER THOSEDIFFERENT HONEYBEES WHICH THENTHE HORNET USESTHEIR BODY PARTS TOFEED TO THEIRLARVAE."THE GOOD NEWS... ISTHERE HASN'T BEENANY REPORTS OFASIAN GIANTHORNETS INWISCONSIN YET....AND ALSO THE FACTTHAT SCIENTISTS...BELIEVE THEYDISCOVERED THEIRPRESENSE IN THE U-S... EARLY..."WHAT WE CAN HOPEHAPPENS HERE ISTHAT GOVERNMENTAGENCIES LIKE THEUSDA ARE ABLE TOTRACK THIS NEWNON-NATIVE SPECIESAND ERRADICATE ITBEFORE IT BECOMESA PROBLEM ANDSPREADSTHROUGHOUT THEU-S."SO DO WHAT YOU CANTO SUPPORT YOURHONEY BEEPOPULATIONS WHILEYOU CAN... BECAUSEAS DEL TORO PUTS ITBY DOING SO.... YOUMIGHT BE GIVINGTHEM A FIGHTINGCHANCE OFSURVIVAL... DOWNTHE ROAD..."THE BEE'STHEMSELVES CANDEFEND THEMSELVESAGAINST THISINVASIVE SPECIES.IT'S JUST A MATTER OFMAKING SURE OURPOPULATIONS ARESTRONG ENOUGH."ERIC CREST NBC26....AFTER THE BREAK..WE TAKE A LOOK ATPRODUCTS THATCLAIM TO BOOSTYOUR IMMUNITY..WHAT WORKS..

ANDWHAT DOESN'T..

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