Hornets often build their nests inside hollow trees, putting together an intricate structure that can reach up to 20 inches in height. Despite the effort that goes into it, the colony will only ...

Scientists in America are ... capturing a live hornet, attaching a tiny radio tracking tag to it with dental floss, and following it through a forest to a nest in an alder tree.

The northern giant hornet was first detected in North America ... single hornet nest in October 2020 and three nests in August and September 2021. All nests were inside alder tree cavities.

Once the hornets tore off the diaspores, they carried them to other branches or to their nests, which they usually built on large, well-shaded branches near the trunk of the tree. The hornets only ...