The nest is made from chewed wood and saliva which gives it a paper-like look. Unlike with bees, the queen hornet builds the nest on her own. Asian hornets are known for their fearless behaviour ...

The queen emerges from hiding in the spring and builds a tan, paper nest from chewed wood and saliva. She lays her eggs in the first cells of the nest, which will hatch and become worker hornets.

“Simply passing too close to a wasp nest can trigger an attack as the pests are very aggressive.” Some wasps tend to be more aggressive than others, though: Paper wasps ...

The paper, published in the journal Science of ... larvae within those nests—their diet is a lot broader. An Asian hornet nest. Credit: Peter John Kennedy An invasive species, Asian hornets ...

Experts contend that the rise in temperature is causing hornets to start their nesting activities earlier than usual, leading to larger nests and more aggressive worker wasps. Oct. 8 turned out to ...

The insect is a social wasp species that builds egg-shaped paper nests, often in trees ... Yellow legged hornet nest The yellow-legged hornet, which is a native to tropical areas of Asia, was ...