Violet Rose in The Rain 
[**'Murder hornets' land in the US for the first time*
[bq*](https://www.bbc.com/news/52533585)
> The 2-inch long Asian giant hornets have landed in the US for the first time, spotted on the west coast.
> Multiple stings are deadly to humans and **in their "slaughter phase" the hornets destroy honeybees**, whose bodies they feed to their young.
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> Scientists are now on a hunt for the hornets, hoping to eradicate the species before they wipe out US bees.
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> Populations of honeybees and other pollinators in the US were already under pressure. Between 1947 and 2017, number of honeybee colonies in the US plummeted from 6 million to 2.5 million. And last year, researchers from the University of Maryland reported that 40% of the country's honeybee colonies died in a single winter, between October 2018 and April 2019 - the largest loss of its kind.
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> Pollinators, most often honeybees, are responsible for one of every three bites of food taken in the US, and increase the country's nation crop values every year by more than $15bn (£12bn), according to the US Department of Agriculture.[/bq]
[bq
> The 2-inch long Asian giant hornets have landed in the US for the first time, spotted on the west coast.
> Multiple stings are deadly to humans and **in their "slaughter phase" the hornets destroy honeybees**, whose bodies they feed to their young.
>
> Scientists are now on a hunt for the hornets, hoping to eradicate the species before they wipe out US bees.
>
> Populations of honeybees and other pollinators in the US were already under pressure. Between 1947 and 2017, number of honeybee colonies in the US plummeted from 6 million to 2.5 million. And last year, researchers from the University of Maryland reported that 40% of the country's honeybee colonies died in a single winter, between October 2018 and April 2019 - the largest loss of its kind.
>
> Pollinators, most often honeybees, are responsible for one of every three bites of food taken in the US, and increase the country's nation crop values every year by more than $15bn (£12bn), according to the US Department of Agriculture.