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Murder Hornets

Invade Honeybee

Colonies

By Susan H. Gray

21st Century

Junior Library

Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Group

Ann Arbor, Michigan

www.cherrylakepublishing.com

Reading Adviser: Beth Walker Gambro, MS, Ed., Reading Consultant, Yorkville, IL

Book Designer: Melinda Millward

Photo Credits: KEA1977/Shutterstock.com, cover; /Shutterstock.com, 4; Washington State

Department of Agriculture, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; Daniel Prudek/Shutterstock.com, 10

Copyright 2022 by Cherry Lake Publishing Group

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means

without written permission from the publisher.

Cherry Lake Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing Group.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Gray, Susan Heinrichs, author.

Title: Murder hornets invade honeybee colonies / by Susan H. Gray.

Description: Ann Arbor, Michigan : Cherry Lake Publishing, 2021. | Series: Invasive species science :

tracking and controlling | Includes index. | Audience: Grades 2-3

Identifiers: LCCN 2021004865 (print) | LCCN 2021004866 (ebook) | ISBN 9781534187009

(hardcover) | ISBN 9781534188402 (paperback) | ISBN 9781534189805 (pdf) |

ISBN 9781534195707 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Hornets--Control--Juvenile literature. | Introduced insects--Juvenile literature. |

Invasive species--Control--Islands of the Pacific--Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC QL568.V5 G73 2021 (print) | LCC QL568.V5 (ebook) | DDC 595.79/8--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021004865

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021004866

Cherry Lake Publishing Group would like to acknowledge the work of the Partnership for 21st

Century Learning, a Network of Battelle for Kids. Please visit http://www.battelleforkids.org/

networks/p21 for more information.

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CONTENTS

5 Mysterious Visitors

9 An Alarming Discovery

13 Hornets Get Technical

19 A Great Solution

22 Glossary

Find Out More

Index

About the Author

At 2 inches (5 centimeters) in length, it is the worlds largest hornet.

Mysterious Visitors

Its a perfect October morning. The

forest air is clean and crisp. Orange and

yellow leaves flutter to the ground. Inside

one tree is a nest of Asian giant hornets ,

also called murder hornets. Some are

spitting up food they swallowed hours ago.

Others are feeding on it. Still others are just

resting. Outside, though, a mysterious

scene is unfolding.

Regular beekeeping suits arent strong enough

to withstand murder hornet stings.

Cold weather makes some animals move slowly. Why would

people store the hornet tree in a cold room?

Make a Guess!

People in big rubbery suits surround the

tree. They use foam to seal up any nest

openings they find. They wrap the tree in

cellophane and then leave.

A few days pass, and the people return

with a chainsaw. The tree ends up in a large,

very cold room. People count, measure, and

take pictures. What is going on?

Inside the nest, murder hornet larvae cocoon themselves.

Find pictures online of cicada killers. How are they different

from murder hornets?

Look!

An Alarming

Discovery

Its October 2020. The people are

scientists in the state of Washington. They

are the first ones to find an Asian giant

hornet nest in the United States.

About one-third of your food comes from crops pollinated by honeybees.

Murder hornets are an invasive

species . They destroy honeybees. They

move into beehives and kill the adults.

Hornets then chew young, developing bees

into mush. When they return to their nest,

the mush becomes food for other hornets.

The death of honeybees is tragic. Bees

make honey and wax, which have many

uses. But their most important job is

pollination . As honeybees visit flowers,

they transfer pollen from one flower to the

next. If pollen sticks to the right flower part,

a seed forms. Gardeners and farmers count

on honeybees.

In order to catch a murder hornet, scientists set up traps with juice.

Hornets Get

Technical

In 2019, the hornets were discovered

in Canada, very close to Washington.

Scientists in Washington soon heard about

it. They knew the hornets might show up in

their area. Soon, a Washington resident

reported an unusual hornet on his land.

Experts compared it to native hornets.

Their worst fear had come true. Asian giant

hornets had arrived in the United States.

Trackers allow researchers to follow animals movements.

They can even lead scientists to animals nests.

Think!

Scientists wanted people to be aware of the hornets. But they did

not want anyone to worry needlessly. So they put photos online of

murder hornets next to native hornets. Why would they do this?

The scientists asked everyone to be on

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