WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. – The state Department of Agriculture has released new data on murder hornets found in Whatcom County last summer.
In a Facebook post, officials said that DNA samples taken from three Asian giant hornet nests matched those of the first hornets discovered in 2020.
According to researchers, that suggests that the queens of the initial nest were not eradicated.
Instead, they created several new nests across northern Whatcom County.
Since 2020, four of the invasive species’ nests have been found and destroyed.
