{"id":247895,"date":"2021-03-18T14:30:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T18:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=247895"},"modified":"2021-03-18T14:30:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T18:30:43","slug":"serious-danger-to-our-health-and-well-being-scientists-gear-up-to-battle-murder-hornets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/serious-danger-to-our-health-and-well-being-scientists-gear-up-to-battle-murder-hornets\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Serious Danger To Our Health And Well-Being\u2019: Scientists Gear Up To Battle Murder Hornets"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fserious-danger-to-our-health-and-well-being-scientists-gear-up-to-battle-murder-hornets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=247895&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1863.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are preparing to renew the battle against the so-called murder hornets, which arrived in North America from Asia in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The scientists said the battle is currently being fought mostly in Whatcom County, Washington, and across the border in nearby Fraser Valley of British Columbia, where swarms of the giant insects have been spotted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a species we want to tolerate here in the United States,\u201d said Sven-Erik Spichiger of the Washington state Department of Agriculture, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/science\/scientists-in-us-canada-gear-up-for-battle-against-murder-hornets\">according<\/a> to Fox News.&nbsp;\u201cThe Asian giant hornet is not supposed to be here. We may not get them all, but we will get as many as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul van Westendorp, who works with the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, said the hornets are not only a danger to people, but they also could damage bee populations. \u201cIt\u2019s an absolutely serious danger to our health and well-being,\u201d he said. \u201cThese are intimidating insects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsian giant hornet attacks and destroys honeybee hives,\u201d Washington State Department of Agriculture said last year in a <a href=\"https:\/\/agr.wa.gov\/departments\/insects-pests-and-weeds\/insects\/hornets\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" data-analytics-post-depth=\"40\">blog post.&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cA few hornets can destroy a hive in a matter of hours. The hornets enter a \u2018slaughter phase\u2019 where they kill bees by decapitating them. They then defend the hive as their own, taking the brood to feed their own young.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese hornets will actually come into colonies, and they will decapitate the bees at the hive. They can decimate an entire colony,\u201d&nbsp;University of Tennessee entomologist Jennifer Tsurda told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvlt.tv\/content\/news\/Murder-hornets-threaten-honey-bee-population--570188401.html\">WVLT News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The battle will have two fronts.&nbsp;\u201cOne major front will be setting thousands of traps this spring to capture queens that are trying to establish nests, officials said. Both government agencies and private citizens will set traps, they said,\u201d Fox reported. \u201cAnother effort is underway to determine exactly where in Asia these hornets came from, to try and learn how they are getting across the Pacific Ocean, scientists said. The theory is they are crossing on cargo ships, Spichiger said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/more-than-500-murder-hornets-were-found-in-the-nest-destroyed-in-washington-state-including-about-200-queens\">reported<\/a> in November that one nest that was destroyed last year contained more than 500 insects at various growth stages and nearly 200 queens capable of starting their own colonies.<\/p>\n<p>While the giant hornets are not as deadly as some other insects, they do not lose their stingers like some bees and are able to continuously pump venom into a victim. In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15563650701664871\">2006 paper<\/a>&nbsp;on the insects, a team of Japanese doctors said the hornets are deadly to humans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Japan, fatalities due to Vespa mandarinia (wasp) stings are estimated to range from 30 to 50 persons each year. Most victims appear to die from anaphylaxis or sudden cardiac arrest,\u201d the doctors wrote, \u201cwhile some of them die from to multiple organ failure including rhabdomyolysis, renal failure, liver dysfunction, respiratory failure, and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those who died were stung an average of 59 times, while those who survived suffered around 28 stings, the doctors found.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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