Experts have warned that record numbers of Asian hornets could descend on the UK this year, raising concerns for the ...

Each strike took just an instant, the predators snatching bees out of the air and then flying away with their victims, which would be carved up later and fed to the hornets’ own ravenous larvae.

UK bees are in danger from “invasive hornets” who are “wreaking havoc in mainland Europe”, according to a report by leading scientists. The Asian hornets, which feed on native bees and ...