Alarming number of murder hornets which kill 50 Japanese every year hit the UK mazech.com

Killer hornets also known as Asian hornets have reportedly reached record levels in the UK with experts warning the surge is “slightly alarming.”

The meat-eating hornets are responsible for an estimated 30 to 50 deaths every year in Japan, according to the U.S Department of Agriculture.

The Hornets are known to decapitate up to 50 honeybees a day. They can dismantle entire beehives in a matter of hours, killing all inside.

“They’re like something out of a monster cartoon with this huge yellow-orange face,” Susan Cobey, a bee breeder at the Washington State University’s department of entomology, said, when it was it was sighted in the U.S last year

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