{"id":690831,"date":"2021-08-27T16:06:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T20:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=690831"},"modified":"2021-08-27T16:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T20:06:38","slug":"wash-officials-discover-and-eradicate-murder-hornet-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wash-officials-discover-and-eradicate-murder-hornet-nest\/","title":{"rendered":"Wash. officials discover and eradicate murder hornet nest"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fwash-officials-discover-and-eradicate-murder-hornet-nest%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=690831&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 id=\"attachment_2502773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2502773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Washington State Department of Agriculture worker displays an Asian giant hornet taken from a nest on October 24, 2020, in Blaine, Washington. (Photo by ELAINE THOMPSON\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:05 PM PT \u2013 Friday, August 27, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>On Thursday, the Washington State Department of Agriculture said officials found and destroyed the first Asian giant hornet nest of the season. In rural Whatcom County, the Department said they were able to locate the nest using a hornet that had been previously tagged.<\/p>\n<p>According to state officials, the nine-layer nest had nearly 1,500 hornets inside at various stages of development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the hornets that we had tagged just kept appearing and reappearing on our radio receiver devices and we were able to team up with not just the USDA [U.S. Department of Agriculture], but also the Oregon Department of Agriculture and eventually follow it back to the nest, which is where eyes were laid on it by one of the members of the Oregon Department of Agriculture,\u201d said Sven Spichiger, an entomologist for the Washington State Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our team eradicated the first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsianGiantHornet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AsianGiantHornet<\/a> nest of the year yesterday. Read about it in our press release or tune into our press conference at 11 a.m. live streaming on YouTube. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hY2MZJVqVd\">https:\/\/t.co\/hY2MZJVqVd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SoundOn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SoundOn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U2CMgN5y2C\">pic.twitter.com\/U2CMgN5y2C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington State Department of Agriculture (@WSDAgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WSDAgov\/status\/1430885579076431875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Once locating the nest, authorities said the hornets made their home at the base of a dead alder tree, similar to one officials destroyed last October. Also known as the \u201cmurder hornets,\u201d the insects are the largest hornets in the world and are an invasive species to North America.<\/p>\n<p>They are known to prey on honey bees and their hives. Officials say it only takes a few hours for a group of hornets to destroy a bee hive.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the State Department of Agriculture said it would continue to hunt down and search for murder hornets through the end of September.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/supreme-court-strikes-down-biden-admin-eviction-moratorium-in-6-3-ruling\/\">Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Admin. Eviction Moratorium In 6-3 Ruling<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Washington State Department of Agriculture worker displays an Asian giant hornet taken from a nest on October 24, 2020, in Blaine, Washington. 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