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China: Specialist Tackles Swarm of Asian Giant Hornets

This video, shot in Yunnan on August 18, shows a lone specialist dressed in a head-to-toe protective suit approaching an enormous hornet nest crawling with aggressive Asian giant hornets. Carefully navigating the buzzing swarm, he methodically dismantled parts of the nest to reach the honeycomb inside.

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian Hornet - France

Asian hornets are pollinating banana flowers in Alsace. This invasive species is multiplying rapidly each year, disrupting various biotopes and posing a major threat to bees. Authorities, beekeepers and professionals specialising in the eradication of this insect are stepping up prevention campaigns, on September 7, 2025, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A serviceman of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade holds a postcard for Russian soldiers with instructions on how to surrender while on duty in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

Drones are used by the servicemen of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade to deter attacks and destroy Russian equipment in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A serviceman of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade is on duty in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A serviceman of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade is on duty in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A fragment is part of a drone that the servicemen of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade use to deter attacks and destroy Russian equipment in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A serviceman of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade is on duty in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A drone is one of the UAVs that the servicemen of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade use to deter attacks and destroy Russian equipment in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A serviceman of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade holds a drone while on duty in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A drone is one of the UAVs that the servicemen of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade use to deter attacks and destroy Russian equipment in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A serviceman of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade controls a drone while on duty in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025.(Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A drone is one of the UAVs that the servicemen of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade use to deter attacks and destroy Russian equipment in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

Servicemen of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade pose for a photo while on duty in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 22, 2025.(Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A serviceman of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade holds a drone while on duty in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A Corgi dog belongs to the servicemen of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade who are on duty in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A drone is one of the UAVs that the servicemen of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade use to deter attacks and destroy Russian equipment in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A serviceman of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade controls a drone while on duty in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025.(Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A serviceman of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade looks at UAVs while on duty in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A drone is one of the UAVs that the servicemen of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade use to deter attacks and destroy Russian equipment in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

A drone is one of the UAVs that the servicemen of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade use to deter attacks and destroy Russian equipment in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Shershni Dovbusha UCAV company serves in Pokrovsk direction

Servicemen of the Shershni Dovbusha (Dovbushs Hornets) unmanned attack aerial systems company of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush Jaeger Brigade hold drones while on duty in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Asian hornets preying on hundreds of native insect species in Europe

Close up on an Asian Hornet ( Vespa Velutina, Frelon Asiatique ) in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris on March 2025. Researchers at University of Exeter, UK warn many of the hunted species by Asian Hornets are important crop pollinators.The Asian hornet, or yellow-legged hornet, a voracious invasive, is native to south-east Asia. It arrived in France in a cargo of pottery from China about 20 years ago and spread rapidly across the continent. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian hornets preying on hundreds of native insect species in Europe

Close up on an Asian Hornet ( Vespa Velutina, Frelon Asiatique ) in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris on March 2025. Researchers at University of Exeter, UK warn many of the hunted species by Asian Hornets are important crop pollinators.The Asian hornet, or yellow-legged hornet, a voracious invasive, is native to south-east Asia. It arrived in France in a cargo of pottery from China about 20 years ago and spread rapidly across the continent. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian hornets preying on hundreds of native insect species in Europe

Close up on an Asian Hornet ( Vespa Velutina, Frelon Asiatique ) in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris on March 2025. Researchers at University of Exeter, UK warn many of the hunted species by Asian Hornets are important crop pollinators.The Asian hornet, or yellow-legged hornet, a voracious invasive, is native to south-east Asia. It arrived in France in a cargo of pottery from China about 20 years ago and spread rapidly across the continent. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian hornets preying on hundreds of native insect species in Europe

Close up on an Asian Hornet ( Vespa Velutina, Frelon Asiatique ) in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris on March 2025. Researchers at University of Exeter, UK warn many of the hunted species by Asian Hornets are important crop pollinators.The Asian hornet, or yellow-legged hornet, a voracious invasive, is native to south-east Asia. It arrived in France in a cargo of pottery from China about 20 years ago and spread rapidly across the continent. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian hornets preying on hundreds of native insect species in Europe

Close up on an Asian Hornet ( Vespa Velutina, Frelon Asiatique ) in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris on March 2025. Researchers at University of Exeter, UK warn many of the hunted species by Asian Hornets are important crop pollinators.The Asian hornet, or yellow-legged hornet, a voracious invasive, is native to south-east Asia. It arrived in France in a cargo of pottery from China about 20 years ago and spread rapidly across the continent. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian hornets preying on hundreds of native insect species in Europe

Close up on an Asian Hornet ( Vespa Velutina, Frelon Asiatique ) in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris on March 2025. Researchers at University of Exeter, UK warn many of the hunted species by Asian Hornets are important crop pollinators.The Asian hornet, or yellow-legged hornet, a voracious invasive, is native to south-east Asia. It arrived in France in a cargo of pottery from China about 20 years ago and spread rapidly across the continent. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian hornets preying on hundreds of native insect species in Europe

Close up on an Asian Hornet ( Vespa Velutina, Frelon Asiatique ) in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris on March 2025. Researchers at University of Exeter, UK warn many of the hunted species by Asian Hornets are important crop pollinators.The Asian hornet, or yellow-legged hornet, a voracious invasive, is native to south-east Asia. It arrived in France in a cargo of pottery from China about 20 years ago and spread rapidly across the continent. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM