This nasty pest can be destroyed, but it will take government resources and extreme vigilance from the public to do it.

When preying on honey bees, hornets hover outside hive entrances, waiting for tired bees to return from their foraging trips.

RNZ went with Biosecurity staff to Kaipātiki Park in Glenfield where they'd placed four bait traps. They all contained a ...

Biosecurity New Zealand will have 120 traps set across Auckland’s North Shore by the end of Wednesday, as authorities ...

Environmentalists and beekeepers are sounding the alarm following an "unprecedented" surge in Asian hornet sightings this ...

The British Beekeeper Association (BBKA) has revealed that there has been a yellow-legged Asian Hornet nest has been found in Ringstead. The sighting was recorded between October 10 and 17. The BBKA ...

Regional buffer zones could be key to halting the spread of Asian hornets, Northlander Brad Windust says— and Cabinet ...

The yellow-legged hornet nest was located recently in Bluffton. The hornets build egg-shaped paper nests above ground.

Biosecurity New Zealand has found a fourth yellow-legged hornet queen in Auckland and says it will begin using traps in its fight to eradicate the invasive wasp species. Three queens—the nest builders ...

Yellow-legged hornets pose a biosecurity risk because of their potential impact on honeybee and wild bee populations. Members ...

Aucklanders are being urged to remain vigilant for yellow-legged hornets as the hunt for the predatory creatures continues.

The last confirmed find was last weekend, with Biosecurity receiving more than 18-hundred notifications from the public since late October. Commissioner Mike Inglis, says all confirmed finds have been ...