What's the Buzz About Yellow Legged Hornets?
Just when beekeepers on the West Coast were starting to breathe a sigh of relief, in August 2023 the murder hornet’s smaller cousin, the yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina), was found in Savannah, Georgia. This is of great concern for the beekeeping industry because, like the northern giant hornet, yellow-legged hornets (YLH) can decimate honey bee colonies. It is also concerning because we know that, based on France’s experience when YLHs were discovered there in 2004, once this invasive species gets established, it can spread fast.
