The threat to New Zealand from the yellow-legged hornet is immense, but it stretches beyond the risk to our honey industry and $59 billion primary industry. The pest has a nasty sting, far worse than ...

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 ...

The hornets pose a serious risk to agriculture and the environment by preying on honeybees and other pollinators.

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