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"Murder hornets" found in Washington raise concerns for U.S. agriculture

by Benjamin Payne

Oct 1, 2021

The giant hornets pose a threat to bees, and by extension, the crops that bees pollinate.

Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a trap he retrieved, set in an effort to locate the Asian giant hornet on May 7, 2020, in Blaine, Washington.

ELAINE THOMPSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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